公开(公告)号：US07032165B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-18

申请号：US10357561

申请日：2003-02-04

Applicant: Pascal Urard ,  Thierry Valentin

Inventor： Pascal Urard ,  Thierry Valentin

IPC: H03M13/03

CPC classification number: H03M13/3961 ,  H03M13/4107

Abstract: A device for implementing a function of add-compare-select type in an error correction code decoder, having first and second adders for adding, respectively for first and second branches, branch metric values, intermediate value of former state metrics, and values of former state metric offset, thus forming first and second values of present state metrics; a comparator, coupled to the first and second adders, for selecting the highest value from among the first and second values; circuitry for determining a digital value of present state metric offset including a single bit, based on the first and second values.