Methods and Systems for Adaptive Receiver Equalization
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1. A method for adaptively equalizing an analog information signal for a signal path, comprising:
- sampling the analog information signal to provide analog samples; and
performing an equalizing process on the analog samples, wherein the equalizing includes processing an average of post-transition sample amplitudes and an average of steady state sample amplitudes of the analog samples to produce equalized analog samples.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for adaptively equalizing an analog information signal for a signal path, including sampling the analog information signal, thereby generating analog samples, and performing an equalizing process on the analog samples, wherein the equalizing includes processing an average of post-transition sample amplitudes and an average of steady state sample amplitudes of the analog samples to produce equalized analog samples.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for adaptively equalizing an analog information signal for a signal path, comprising:
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sampling the analog information signal to provide analog samples; and performing an equalizing process on the analog samples, wherein the equalizing includes processing an average of post-transition sample amplitudes and an average of steady state sample amplitudes of the analog samples to produce equalized analog samples. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18)
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12. A method for processing time staggered portions of an analog information signal for a signal path, comprising:
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sampling the analog information signal at a plurality of phases; measuring an equalization quality of samples from one of the plurality of phases; and equalizing the samples from each of the phases based on the measured equalization quality of the one phase, the equalizing including processing an average of post-transition sample amplitudes and an average of steady state sample amplitudes of the analog samples. - View Dependent Claims (13, 19)
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14. A system for processing a serial analog information signal, comprising:
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a sampler configured to sample the serial analog information signal to generate analog samples; an equalizer coupled to said sampler and configured to minimize inter-symbol interferences in samples output from said sampler, said equalizer configured to process an average of post-transition sample amplitudes and an average of steady state sample amplitudes of the analog samples to generate equalized samples; and a quantizer coupled to said equalizer and configured to quantize equalized samples output from said equalizer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 20)
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