Data receivers and methods of implementing data receivers in an integrated circuit

CH Hsieh, KY Chang, J Savoj - US Patent 9,325,489, 2016 - Google Patents
A data receiver implemented in an integrated circuit is described. The data receiver
comprises an input receiving a data signal; a first equalization circuit coupled to receive the …

Split-path equalizer and related methods, devices and systems

M Hossain, JL Zerbe - US Patent 9,397,868, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Clock and data recovery (CDR) circuits are used in high speed receivers to
recovertiming information from an incom ing data signal. Many clock and data recovery …

Input threshold adjustment in a synchronous data sampling circuit

A Fiedler - US Patent 7,573,967, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A data sampler system receives a high-speed data stream and uses a first
set of data samplers for sampling the data stream at a first set of clock phase angles to …

High-speed data sampler with input threshold adjustment

A Fiedler - US Patent 7,813,460, 2010 - Google Patents
Controller nal include providing a data signal to a differential data input circuit, an offset
control signal, and a strobe pulse. In response to the strobe pulse, the data signal is …

Adaptive equalization using correlation of edge samples with data patterns

RE Palmer - US Patent 8,665,940, 2014 - Google Patents
An integrated receiver supports adaptive receive equalization. An incoming bit stream is
sampled using edge and data clock signals derived from a reference clock signal. A phase …

Receiver with clock recovery circuit and adaptive sample and equalizer timing

Q Lin, B Leibowitz, HC Lee, J Ren, KS Oh… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A receiver is equipped with an adaptive phase-offset control ler and
associated timing-calibration circuitry that together shift the timing for a data sampler and a …

Channel equalization using application specific digital signal processing in high-speed digital transmission systems

BJ Kerr - US Patent 8,654,884, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and circuit for performing channel equalization in a high speed
transmission system comprising a transmitter and receiver. An application speci? c digital …

High-speed signaling systems and methods with adaptable, continuous-time equalization

HC Lee, BS Leibowitz, JM Kizer, TH Greer… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
A receiver includes a continuous-time equalizer, a decision-feedback equalizer (DFE), data
and error sampling logic, and an adaptation engine. The receiver corrects for inter-symbol …

Circuits and methods for DFE with reduced area and power consumption

JF Bulzacchelli, B Kim - US Patent 8,477,833, 2013 - Google Patents
2. Description of the Related Art As the processing power of digital computing engines
grows with improvements in technology, and increasingly interconnected networks are …

Decision feedback equalizer (DFE) architecture

MJ Park, JF Bulzacchelli - US Patent 7,715,474, 2010 - Google Patents
A decision feedback equalizer (DFE) and method includes summer circuits to add a dynamic
feedback signal representing an h2 tap to a received input and to speculate on an h1 tap …