Method and apparatus for decoding multiword information
US7281193B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 27, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2541
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for decoding multiword information comprises multiple steps. In step (a), a multiword information cluster, e.g., ECC, including high protective codewords, e.g., BIS, and low protective codewords, e.g., LDC, is provided. In step (b), the high and low protective codewords are stored into a first memory, e.g., DRAM. In step (c), the high protective codewords are decoded to generate high protective word erasure indicators showing whether decoding errors occur. In step (d), the high protective word erasure indicators are stored into a second memory, e.g., SRAM. In step (e), the low protective codewords are decoded. In the meanwhile, an erasure bit for a low protective codeword is marked by finding high protective codewords close to the low protective codeword in the multiword information cluster and looking up the high protective word erasure indicators of the high protective codewords close to the low protective codeword.
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