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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Rose Shao, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Ara Patapoutian, Westborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Rose Shao, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Ara Patapoutian, Westborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing symbols of a block code is presented. A sequence of symbols is received, e.g., from an inter-symbol interference (ISI) channel. A soft value is determined for each symbol using a binary trellis.