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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Eran Pisek, Plano, TX (US);
Shadi Abu-surra, Richardson, TX (US);
Thomas M. Henige, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01); H03M 13/31 (2006.01); H03M 13/03 (2006.01); H03M 13/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/31 (2013.01); H03M 13/033 (2013.01); H03M 13/114 (2013.01); H03M 13/116 (2013.01); H03M 13/118 (2013.01); H03M 13/1137 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method decode LDPC code. The apparatus includes a memory and a number of LDPC processing elements. The memory is configured to receive a LDPC codeword having a length equal to a lifting factor times a base LDPC code length, wherein the lifting factor is greater than one. The number of LDPC processing elements configured to decode the LDPC codeword, wherein each of the number of LDPC processing elements decode separate portions of the LDPC codeword.