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Digital signal decoding apparatus and a decoding method used therein

US5940416A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 1997
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/4107
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A calculation concerning the input of a signal is removed from a branch metric calculation processing on a trellis diagram of an extended partial response class, and the calculation of branch metrics and the selection of survivor paths can be carried out by the subtraction of the survivor paths and the comparison of constants.

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