Integrated adaptive cable equalizer using a continuous-time filter
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1. An adaptive equalizer comprising:
- an integrated continuous-time filter fabricated on a substrate for receiving and filtering an input signal from a cable and generating an output signal, the output signal being an equalized version of the input signal; and
circuitry for processing the output signal and generating a control signal for feedback to the integrated continuous-time filter, the control signal controlling transfer characteristics of the integrated continuous-time filter such that distortion in the input signal from the cable is compensated wherein the control signal comprises;
a bandwidth control signal for controlling the bandwidth of the integrated continuous-time filter; and
a gain control signal for controlling the gain of the integrated continuous-time filter.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for equalizing a communications signal transmitted through a transmission medium includes an integrated continuous-time filter and circuitry for developing a feedback signal to compensate for distortion in the signal caused by the transmission medium. The control signal adjusts the transfer characteristics of the integrated continuous-time filter thereby compensating for loss and distortion of the signal caused by the transmission medium and further tunes the integrated continuous-time filter thereby compensating for semiconductor process variations in the integrated continuous-time filter.
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28 Claims
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1. An adaptive equalizer comprising:
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an integrated continuous-time filter fabricated on a substrate for receiving and filtering an input signal from a cable and generating an output signal, the output signal being an equalized version of the input signal; and circuitry for processing the output signal and generating a control signal for feedback to the integrated continuous-time filter, the control signal controlling transfer characteristics of the integrated continuous-time filter such that distortion in the input signal from the cable is compensated wherein the control signal comprises; a bandwidth control signal for controlling the bandwidth of the integrated continuous-time filter; and a gain control signal for controlling the gain of the integrated continuous-time filter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An adaptive equalizer comprising:
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an integrated continuous-time filter fabricated on a substrate for receiving and filtering an input signal from a cable and generating an output signal, the output signal being an equalized version of the input signal; and circuitry for processing the output signal and generating a control signal for feedback to the integrated continuous-time filter, the control signal controlling transfer characteristics of the integrated continuous-time filter such that distortion in the input signal from the cable is compensated wherein the circuitry for processing comprises analog signal processing circuitry for generating the control signal in response to a comparison between amplitude characteristics of the output signal of the integrated continuous-time filter and ideal amplitude characteristics of the input signal. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An adaptive equalizer comprising:
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an integrated continuous-time filter fabricated on a substrate for receiving and filtering an input signal from a cable and generating an output signal, the output signal being an equalized version of the input signal; and circuitry for processing the output signal and generating a control signal for feedback to the integrated continuous-time filter, the control signal controlling transfer characteristics of the integrated continuous-time filter such that distortion in the input signal from the cable is compensated wherein the circuitry for processing comprises digital signal processing circuitry for generating the control signal in response to a comparison between frequency and amplitude characteristics of the output signal of the integrated continuous-time filter and ideal frequency and amplitude characteristics of the input signal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An adaptive equalizer comprising:
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an integrated continuous-time filter fabricated on a substrate for receiving and filtering an input signal from a cable and generating an output signal, the output signal being an equalized version of the input signal; and circuitry for processing the output signal and generating a control signal for feedback to the integrated continuous-time filter, the control signal controlling transfer characteristics of the integrated continuous-time filter, such that distortion in the input signal from the cable is compensated wherein semiconductor process variations in the integrated continuous-time filter are compensated wherein the circuitry for processing comprises analog signal processing circuitry for generating the control signal in response to a comparison between amplitude characteristics of the output signal of the integrated continuous-time filter and ideal amplitude characteristics of the input signal. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. An adaptive equalizer comprising:
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an integrated continuous-time filter fabricated on a substrate for receiving and filtering an input signal from a cable and generating an output signal, the output signal being an equalized version of the input signal; and circuitry for processing the output signal and generating a control signal for feedback to the integrated continuous-time filter, the control signal controlling transfer characteristics of the integrated continuous-time filter such that distortion in the input signal from the cable is compensated wherein semiconductor process variations in the integrated continuous-time filter are compensated wherein the circuitry for processing comprises digital signal processing circuitry for generating the control signal in response to a comparison between frequency and amplitude characteristics of the output signal of the integrated continuous-time filter and ideal frequency and amplitude characteristics of the input signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An adaptive cable equalizer comprising:
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an integrated continuous-time filter fabricated on a substrate receiving and filtering an input signal from a cable and generating an output signal, the output signal being an equalized version of the input signal; and circuitry, coupled to the integrated continuous-time filter in a feedback loop, for processing the output signal and generating a gain control signal and a bandwidth control signal for feedback to the integrated continuous-time filter, the gain control signal and the bandwidth control signal adjusting the transfer characteristics of the integrated continuous-time filter thereby compensating for loss and distortion of the input signal caused by the cable and tuning the integrated continuous-time filter to compensate for semiconductor process variations in the integrated continuous-time filter. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for compensating for distortion of a signal caused by the transmission of the signal through a transmission medium, comprising the steps of:
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receiving the signal; performing an adaptive algorithm on the received signal using one or more known parameters of the received signal; generating a control signal in response to the performance of the adaptive algorithm; feeding back the control signal to an integrated continuous-time filter; and filtering the received signal with the integrated continuous-time filter to generate an equalized signal, wherein the control signal comprises a gain control signal for adjusting gain of the integrated continuous-time filter and a bandwidth control signal for adjusting bandwidth of the integrated continuous-time filter. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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