Pulse or digital communications – Receivers – Automatic baseline or threshold adjustment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-01
2005-11-01
Ghayour, Mohammed (Department: 2631)
Pulse or digital communications
Receivers
Automatic baseline or threshold adjustment
C375S348000, C375S286000, C375S229000, C714S721000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06961390
ABSTRACT:
A system and method are provided for non-causal channel equalization in a communications system. The method comprises: receiving a non-return to zero (NRZ) data stream input; establishing thresholds to distinguish a first bit estimate; comparing the first bit estimate in the NRZ data stream to a second bit value received prior to the first bit, and a third bit received subsequent to the first bit; in response to the comparisons, determining the value of the first bit; tracking the NRZ data stream inputs in response to sequential bit value combinations; maintaining long-term averages of the tracked NRZ data stream inputs; adjusting the thresholds in response to the long-term averages; and, offsetting the threshold adjustments to account for the asymmetric noise distribution. Two methods are used to offset the threshold adjustments to account for the asymmetric noise distribution: forward error correction (FEC) decoding and tracking the ratio of bit values.
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Castagnozzi Daniel M.
Conroy Keith Michael
Sorgi Alan Michael
Yuan Warm Shaw
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Ghayour Mohammed
Law Office of Gerald Maliszewski
Maliszewski Gerald
Torres Juan Alberto
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