Abstract:
A receiver may be operable to generate estimates of transmitted symbols using a sequence estimation process that may incorporate a non-linear model. The non-linear model may be adapted by the receiver based on particular communication information that may be indicative of non-linearity experienced by the transmitted symbols. The receiver may generate a reconstructed signal from the estimates of the transmitted symbols. The receiver may adapt the non-linear model based on values of an error signal generated from the reconstructed signal, and the values of the error signal may be generated from a portion of the generated estimates that may correspond to known symbols and/or information symbols. The values of the error signal corresponding to the known symbols may be given more weight in an adaptation algorithm, and the values of the error signal corresponding to the information symbols may be given less weight in the adaptation algorithm.
Abstract:
A receive circuit for receiving a signal transmitted via an electrical signal conductor. A first sampling circuit generates a first sample value that indicates whether the signal exceeds a first threshold level, and a second sampling circuit generates a second sample value that indicates whether the signal exceeds a second threshold level. A first select circuit receives the first and second sample values from the first and second sampling circuits and selects, according to a previously generated sample value, either the first sample value or the second sample value to be output as a selected sample value.
Abstract:
A reduced state maximum likelihood sequence estimator allows the use of improved equalization techniques that provides greatly improved performance for channels with severe attenuation and spectral nulls. The reduced state maximum likelihood sequence estimator retains kn states of a total number of K states, kn
Abstract:
The present invention is a method and a system for controlling a voltage at a node in a circuit such that the node is prevented from having an unknown floating voltage during a steady state of a clock signal. The circuit includes a transmission gate which has input and output terminals, and operates in response to a clock signal. The node is located proximal to the output terminal of the transmission gate. The method includes the operations of driving the node with an input signal when the transmission gate is open during a first steady state of the clock signal and pulling the node to a fixed voltage when the transmission gate is closed during a second steady state of the clock signal.
Abstract:
A digital filter has an input path and an output path and includes a set of delay elements and a number of taps. The taps couple the input path to the output path. Each of the taps has a coefficient, a multiplier and an adder. Each of the delay elements is disposed between two adjacent taps. The delay elements are placed in either the input path and the output path of the digital filter, such that the digital filter has fewer delay elements in the input path than a direct-form digital filter with the same number of taps in a direct-form structure, and has fewer delay elements in the output path than a transposed-form digital filter with the same number of taps in a transposed-form structure; and such that the digital filter has same transfer function as the direct-form digital filter and the transposed-form digital filter.
Abstract:
A transmitter may comprise a symbol mapping circuit that is configurable to operate in at least two configurations, wherein a first of the configurations of the symbol mapping circuit uses a first symbol constellation and a second of the configurations of the symbol mapping circuit uses a second symbol constellation. The transmitter may also comprise a pulse shaping circuit that is configurable to operate in at least two configurations, wherein a first of the configurations of the pulse shaping circuit uses a first set of filter taps and a second of the configurations of the pulse shaping circuit uses a second set of filter taps. The first set of filter taps may correspond to a root raised cosine (RRC) filter and the second set of filter taps corresponds to a partial response filter.
Abstract:
A decision- feedback equalizer (DFE) samples an analog input signal against M references during the same symbol time to produce M speculative samples. Select logic in the DFE then decodes N bits resolved previously for previous symbol times to select one of the M speculative samples as the present resolved bit. The present resolved bit is then stored as the most recent previously resolved bit in preparation for the next symbol time. The select logic can be can be programmable to accommodate process, environmental, and systematic variations.
Abstract:
A method for controlling operation of a multi-pair gigabit transceiver. The multi-pair gigabit transceiver comprises a Physical Layer Control module (PHY Control), a Physical Coding Sublayer module (PCS) and a Digital Signal Processing module (DSP). The PHY Control receives user-defined inputs from the Serial Management module and status signals and diagnostics signals from the DSP and the PCS and generates control signals, responsive to the user-defined inputs, the status signals and diagnostics signals, to the DSP and the PCS.
Abstract:
High-order partial response is equalized so that the equalization difference of an input signal having nonlinear distortion is a minimum so as to improve the characteristics of a reproduced signal. An input signal is subjected to high-order partial response equalization by a transversal filter (3), a tentative estimation value of an equalization target value is estimated by a tentative estimating circuit (4), the difference between the tentative estimation value and the input signal is detected by a difference detecting circuit (5), the difference between the tentative estimation value and the output signal of an analog-digital converter (1) is detected by an input distortion detecting circuit (7), the difference outputted from the difference detecting circuit (5) is monitored by an output distortion detecting circuit (6), the equalization target value is controlled by equalization target controlling means (8) so that the equalization difference is a minimum, and a tap coefficient is controlled by tap coefficient controlling means (10).
Abstract:
Various systems and methods providing high speed decoding, enhanced power reduction and clock domain partitioning for a multi-pair gigabit Ethernet transceiver are disclosed. ISI compensation is partitioned into two stages: a first stage compensates ISI components induced by characteristics of a transmitter's partial response pulse shaping filter in a demodulator, a second stage compensates ISI components induced by characteristics of a multi-pair transmission channel in a Viterbi decoder. High speed decoding is accomplished by reducing the DFE depth by providing an input signal from a multiple decision feedback equalizer to the Viterbi based on a tail value and a subset of coefficient values received from a unit depth decision-feedback equalizer. Power reduction is accomplished by adaptively truncating active taps in the NEXT, FEXT and echo cancellation filters, or by disabling decoder circuitry portions, as channel response characteristics allow. A receive clock signal is generated such that it is synchronous in frequency with analog sampling clock signals and has a particular phase offset with respect to one of the sampling clock signals. This phase offset is adjusted such that system performance degradation due to coupling of switching noise from the digital sections to the analog sections is substantially minimized.