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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Gideon Kutz, Herzelia, IL;
Amir I. Chass, Herzelia, IL;
Inventors:
Gideon Kutz, Herzelia, IL;
Amir I. Chass, Herzelia, IL;
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A decoder for a wireless communication device comprising a calculator for calculating the modulo of a linear approximation of a MAX* function; and a selector for selecting a MAX* output value from the group a(n)mod F, b(n)mod F, and the calculated modulo based upon a determination as to whether a predetermined threshold value for |a(n)−b(n)| has been met, where a(n) is a first state metric, b(n) is a second state metric, C is the predetermined threshold value and F is a value greater than |a(n)−b(n)|.