ADAPTIVE SIGNAL EQUALIZER WITH ADAPTIVE ERROR TIMING AND PRECURSOR/POSTCURSOR CONFIGURATION CONTROL
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1. An apparatus including an adaptive signal equalizer, comprising:
- adaptive equalization circuitry that receives at least a plurality of adaptive coefficient signals and in response thereto receives and equalizes an input data signal to provide an equalized signal;
signal slicer circuitry, coupled to said adaptive equalization circuitry, that receives and slices said equalized signal to provide a sliced signal and a difference signal corresponding to a difference between said equalized signal and said sliced signal; and
adaptive coefficient signal generator circuitry, coupled to said signal slicer circuitry and said adaptive equalization circuitry, that receives said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals, receives said input data signal and said difference signal and processes said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals and one of said input data signal and said difference signal to provide first and second aligned signals which are substantially temporally aligned, and processes said first and second aligned signals together to provide said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals.
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Abstract
An adaptive signal equalizer with a feedforward filter in which the feedback error signal and corresponding incoming data signal are dynamically aligned in time using signal interpolation, and further, to control the precursor/postcursor filter taps configuration, thereby producing more adaptive filter tap coefficient signals for significantly improved and robust signal equalization.
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1. An apparatus including an adaptive signal equalizer, comprising:
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adaptive equalization circuitry that receives at least a plurality of adaptive coefficient signals and in response thereto receives and equalizes an input data signal to provide an equalized signal;
signal slicer circuitry, coupled to said adaptive equalization circuitry, that receives and slices said equalized signal to provide a sliced signal and a difference signal corresponding to a difference between said equalized signal and said sliced signal; and
adaptive coefficient signal generator circuitry, coupled to said signal slicer circuitry and said adaptive equalization circuitry, that receives said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals, receives said input data signal and said difference signal and processes said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals and one of said input data signal and said difference signal to provide first and second aligned signals which are substantially temporally aligned, and processes said first and second aligned signals together to provide said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 16)
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17. An apparatus including an adaptive signal equalizer, comprising:
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adaptive equalizer means for receiving at least a plurality of adaptive coefficient signals and in response thereto receiving and equalizing an input data signal and providing an equalized signal;
signal slicer means for slicing said equalized signal and providing a sliced signal and a difference signal corresponding to a difference between said equalized signal and said sliced signal; and
adaptive coefficient signal generator means for processing said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals and one of said input data signal and said difference signal and providing first and second aligned signals which are substantially temporally aligned, and processing said first and second aligned signals together and providing said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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receiving at least a plurality of adaptive coefficient signals and in response thereto receiving and equalizing an input data signal to generate an equalized signal;
slicing said equalized signal to generate a sliced signal and a difference signal corresponding to a difference between said equalized signal and said sliced signal;
processing said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals and one of said input data signal and said difference signal to generate first and second aligned signals which are substantially temporally aligned; and
processing said first and second aligned signals together to generate said plurality of adaptive coefficient signals. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 40, 41, 42)
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