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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
May. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Kouji Matsuura, Chiba, JP;
Koichi Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Makigawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An encode circuit includes a digital average unit that receives cyclic thermometer codes or standard thermometer codes, and that reduces a bubble error in the received thermometer codes by a majority vote rule, a logical boundary detection unit that detects a logical boundary in the thermometer codes output from the digital average unit, and an encoder unit that generates output codes based on output signals from the logical boundary detection unit.