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Data reproducing method and apparatus

US6188734A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 1996
Grant dateFeb 13, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/23
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data reproducing apparatus for reproducing data subjected to convolution by partial response, by using maximum likelihood, includes a memory including a plurality of memory arrays which respectively correspond to plural states that the data can take and each of which has a predetermined number of regions each corresponding to a time point. A detecting device periodically detects, from the data, states before the plural states have been shifted, and a control device causes values respectively representing the detected states before shifting to be sequentially stored in the regions of the memory arrays every time detection is performed by the detection device, causing the values previously stored in the memory arrays to be replaced in accordance with the detected states before shifting, and when all values stored in the regions of the memory arrays corresponding to the same time point match, reproducing the data on the basis of the matching value.

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