Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signal equalization apparatus and signal equalization method
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Application No.: US17088622Application Date: 2020-11-04
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Publication No.: US11206159B2Publication Date: 2021-12-21
- Inventor: Tsung-En Wu , Cheng-Hsien Li
- Applicant: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: WPAT, PC
- Priority: TW108140936 20191112
- Main IPC: H04L25/03
- IPC: H04L25/03

Abstract:
The present disclosure discloses a signal equalization apparatus. A channel length estimation circuit determines a transmission channel length of the input signal such that a processing circuit retrieves predetermined feed-forward equalizer coefficients. A feed-forward equalizer equalizes the input signal according to operation feed-forward equalizer coefficients. An auto gain circuit amplifies the input signal according to an offset signal. A signal adding circuit adds the amplified input signal and a feedback adjusting signal to generate an added input signal. A data slicer generates a data-slicing result and the offset signal according to reference thresholds based on the added input signal. A feedback equalizer equalizes the data-slicing result to generate the feedback adjusting signal according to operation feedback equalizer coefficients. The feed-forward equalizer and the feedback equalizer keeps updating the equalizer coefficients such that a signal interference noise is eliminated rapidly to increase a signal and noise ratio of the system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210144030A1 Signal equalization apparatus and signal equalization method Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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