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Multi-pair gigabit ethernet transceiver having adaptive disabling of circuit elements

  • US 7,197,069 B2
  • Filed: 10/08/2003
  • Issued: 03/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An integrated circuit communication device configured for operation over a multi-pair transmission channel, the communication device comprising:

  • a decision feedback sequence estimation (DFSE) circuit, for decoding an input sample into a final decision corresponding to a codeword of a trellis code having N states, the DFSE including a decision feedback equalizer, the decision feedback equalizer having a set of ordered coefficients, the decision feedback equalizer defining a coefficient related tail value and a low order subset of coefficient values, wherein the decision feedback equalizer has a width dimension D, wherein the width dimension D corresponds to the number of pairs defining the multi-pair transmission channel.

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