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Trellis decoder for ATSC 8VSB

US6031876A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 1997
Grant dateFeb 29, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/0054
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A traceback device of a trellis decoder including a memory for storing survivor path information as much as a decision depth, a multiplexing unit for decoding the survivor path information received from the memorizing unit, and a traceback unit receiving the survivor path information of lower bits decoded by the multiplexing unit and state output of itself, to carry out a state transition and trace back the decoded value of lower bits.

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