Pulse or digital communications – Equalizers
Patent
1996-08-15
2000-03-28
Bocure, Tesfaldet
Pulse or digital communications
Equalizers
333 28R, H03H 730
Patent
active
060441100
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for equalizing the frequency response of a transmission line is provided. The method includes the steps of modelling the frequency response of the transmission media for a predetermined frequency range to a predetermined accuracy; determining a desired equalizer response by taking an inverse of the modelled frequency response of the first step; implementing an equalizer that exhibits the desired response; and utilizing the equalizer to equalize the frequency response of the transmission line. The apparatus includes an adaptive equalizer circuit which includes a plurality of signal processor circuits which each take an input signal from the transmission line and process it to mimic a term in a transfer function which represents an inverse of the transfer function of the transmission line. The signals from these processors are then summed and multiplied by a programmable gain term. Then the input is added to the output of the multiplier to form an output equalizer signal. The programmable gain term is adapted to cause the signal at the output to closely approximate a predetermined high frequency signal peak value through a send loop mechanism.
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Bocure Tesfaldet
LSI Logic Corporation
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