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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2010
Applicant:
Tzung-hung Kang, Hsin-Chu Hsien, TW;
Inventor:
Tzung-Hung Kang, Hsin-Chu Hsien, TW;
Assignee:
Mediatek Inc., Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data readout system with non-uniform resolution has a pick up head for reading data stored in an optical disc and generating an analog signal, a reference voltage unit for producing a plurality of reference voltage levels, wherein voltage differences between two adjacent reference voltage levels are not all the same, a plurality of comparators for comparing the reference voltage levels with the analog signal and generating comparison results, and an encoder for encoding the comparison results into a digital signal.