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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Zining Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Seo-how Low, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zining Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Seo-How Low, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a read channel including a front end to receive an optical image, convert the optical image into multi-bit soft information, and to serially transmit the multi-bit soft information to other components of the read channel. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.