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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2009
Applicant:
Kimimasa Senba, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kimimasa Senba, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A comparator includes a variable-gain amplifier circuit configured to vary an amplitude of an input signal by changing a gain in accordance with a control signal, and a comparison section configured to compare a slice level interlocked with a signal level received from the variable-gain amplifier circuit with an output signal received from the variable-gain amplifier circuit and generate an output signal in accordance with a comparison result.