| US 7,571,369 B2 | ||
| Turbo decoder architecture for use in software-defined radio systems | ||
| Yan Wang, Plano, Tex. (US); Eran Pisek, Plano, Tex. (US); and Jasmin Oz, Plano, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/225,479. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/682338, filed on May 18, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/653968, filed on Feb. 17, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0184855 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H03M 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 714—755 [714/786; 714/794; 714/795; 375/262; 375/265; 375/341] | 40 Claims |
| 1. A reconfigurable turbo decoder comprising:
N processing units, each of the N processing units capable of receiving soft input data samples and decoding the received
soft input data samples, wherein the N processing units operate independently such that a first one of the N processing units
may be selected to decode the received soft input data samples while a second one of the N processing units may be disabled.
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