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Digital signal detection circuit
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1996-07-30
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Granted: 1997-08-26
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Expires: 2016-07-30
Abstract
Abstract A digital signal detection circuit includes a threshold value calculator calculating a threshold value from assumptive sampled values corresponding to various data patterns of a regenerated signal. The regenerated signal is obtained by regenerating data recorded on a recording medium by a regenerating head. The detection circuit also includes a Viterbi decoder carrying out Viterbi decoding of the regenerated signal with the threshold value determined by the threshold value calculator as a constant. The threshold value calculator variably controls the threshold value using a decoded output of the Viterbi decoder and a regenerated signal corresponding to the decoded output of the Viterbi decoder.
Inventors
- 👤 Genzo Takagi
- 👤 Yoshihiro Noguchi
- 👤 Eizo Katayama
- 👤 Mitsuhiro Araki
- 👤 Yoshinori Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
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US
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CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; G11B20/10009; G11B7/00; G11B7/004; G11B7/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A digital signal detection circuit comprising: a threshold value calculator calculating a threshold value of assumptive sampled values corresponding to various data patterns of a regenerated signal obtained by regenerating data recorded on a recording medium by a regenerating head; and a Viterbi decoder carrying out Viterbi decoding of said regenerated signal with the threshold value determined by the threshold value calculator as a constant; said threshold value calculator variably controlling the threshold value using a decoded output of the Viterbi decoder and the regenerated signal corresponding to said decoded output.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
A digital signal detection circuit comprising: a threshold value calculator calculating a threshold value of assumptive sampled values corresponding to various data patterns of a regenerated signal obtained by regenerating data recorded on a recording medium by a regenerating head; and a Viterbi decoder carrying out Viterbi decoding of said regenerated signal with the threshold value determined by the threshold value calculator as a constant; said threshold value calculator variably controlling the threshold value using a decoded output of the Viterbi decoder and the regenerated signal corresponding to said decoded output.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
139 words
A digital signal detection circuit comprising: a threshold value calculator calculating a threshold value of assumptive sampled values corresponding to various data patterns of a regenerated signal obtained by regenerating data recorded on a recording medium by a regenerating head; and a Viterbi decoder carrying out Viterbi decoding of said regenerated signal with the threshold value determined by the threshold value calculator as a constant; said threshold value calculator variably controlling the threshold value using a decoded output of the Viterbi decoder and the regenerated signal corresponding to said decoded output; wherein said threshold value calculator further comprises integrator means for integrating the regenerated signal responsive to the assumptive values and the decoded output generated by said Viterbi decoder and for generating integrated signals, and wherein said threshold value calculator generates the threshold value responsive to the integrated signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
139 words
A digital signal detection circuit comprising: a threshold value calculator calculating a threshold value of assumptive sampled values corresponding to various data patterns of a regenerated signal obtained by regenerating data recorded on a recording medium by a regenerating head; and a Viterbi decoder carrying out Viterbi decoding of said regenerated signal with the threshold value determined by the threshold value calculator as a constant; said threshold value calculator variably controlling the threshold value using a decoded output of the Viterbi decoder and the regenerated signal corresponding to said decoded output; wherein said threshold value calculator further comprises integrator means for integrating the regenerated signal responsive to the assumptive values and the decoded output generated by said Viterbi decoder and for generating integrated signals, and wherein said threshold value calculator generates the threshold value responsive to the integrated signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A digital signal detection circuit according to claim 2, wherein said integrated signals are substantially optimum assumptive values corresponding to the regenerated signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
A digital signal detection circuit according to claim 2, wherein the threshold value includes first and second threshold values, and wherein said threshold value calculator generates the first and second threshold values responsive to the following equation: S01=(a1+a0)/2 S12=(a2+a1)/2, where S01 is the first threshold value, S12 is the second threshold value, and a0, a1 and a2 are the assumptive values.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A digital signal detection circuit according to claim 1, wherein said Viterbi decoder comprises a branch metric calculator, and wherein said threshold value calculator is provided separately from said branch metric calculator and from said Viterbi decoder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A digital signal detection circuit according to claim 5, wherein said threshold value calculator variably controls the threshold value responsive to DC offset fluctuations, or amplitude fluctuations of the regenerated signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
116 words
A digital signal detection circuit comprising: a threshold value calculator calculating a threshold value of assumptive sampled values corresponding to various data patterns of a regenerated signal obtained by regenerating data, said threshold value calculator including an integrator integrating the regenerated signal responsive to the assumptive values and a decoded output and generating the threshold value responsive thereto, and said threshold value calculator variably controlling the threshold value using the decoded output and the regenerated signal; and a Viterbi decoder, responsively connected to said threshold value calculator and executing a Viterbi decoding of said regenerated signal with the threshold value determined by the threshold value calculator as a constant, and generating the decoded output responsive thereto.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
116 words
A digital signal detection circuit comprising: a threshold value calculator calculating a threshold value of assumptive sampled values corresponding to various data patterns of a regenerated signal obtained by regenerating data, said threshold value calculator including an integrator integrating the regenerated signal responsive to the assumptive values and a decoded output and generating the threshold value responsive thereto, and said threshold value calculator variably controlling the threshold value using the decoded output and the regenerated signal; and a Viterbi decoder, responsively connected to said threshold value calculator and executing a Viterbi decoding of said regenerated signal with the threshold value determined by the threshold value calculator as a constant, and generating the decoded output responsive thereto.
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