Via Technologies, Inc.

Chin-Chi Chang

Chu-Yu Hsiao

Ming-Yu Wu

Yu-En Tzeng

Jyh-Fong Lin

Chung-Heng Chen

This invention discloses a receiver and a signal compensation method therefor. An adaptive equalizer and a baseline wander compensator are provided on the front end of the receiver to improve the quality of output signals. The signal compensation method enables the adaptive equalizer to use a long T as its observation unit when the transmission cable is idle, and enables the baseline wander compensator for operation and controls both the adaptive equalizer and the baseline wander compensator to use a short T as its observation unit when the transmission cable is transmitting data signals. The disclosed adaptive equalizer can achieve its optimal processing effects, and the efficiency of the baseline wander compensator can be increased.

Receiver and the compensation method therefor

A signal compensation circuit and associated method dynamically compensate for signal baseline wandering in a transmission line. The compensation circuit has a detection circuit and a correction circuit. The detection circuit first compares a transmission signal with a reference level and generates a comparison result. The correction circuit then corrects the transmission signal according to the comparison result. The compensation circuit can adjust its compensation over time based on the quality of the transmission signal.

Circuit for compensating a degraded signal and associated method

This invention discloses an adaptive equalizer disposed on the front end of a receiver to improve the quality of a transmission signal comprising a data signal from a transmission cable. The signal compensation of the adaptive equalizer uses a long T as its observation unit when the transmission cable is idle, and uses a short T as its observation unit when the transmission cable is transmitting data signals. This invention further discloses a baseline wander compensator worked with the adaptive equalizer during the transmitting data period of the transmission cable. The disclosed adaptive equalizer can achieve its optimal processing effects.

Adaptive equalizer

A method and an apparatus of loading a pre-load seed for a test code of a physical layer device (PHY). For a physical layer device including a scrambler and a Non-Return-to-Zero/Non-Return-to-Zero-Inverted (NRZ/NRZI) converter connected to the scrambler, where the NRZ/NRZI converter receives an NRZ signal outputted by the scrambler, and outputs an NRZI signal, the method includes the following steps. (a) Determine whether a plurality of starting bits of a frame are present. (b) Repeat from step (a) if the starting bits are not present. (c) Load the pre-load seed to the scrambler and transmitting the test code. (d) Set the NRZI signal in a high level when the NRZI signal is not in the high level. On the other hand, for a physical layer device having a descrambler, the method includes the steps of: (a) determining whether a plurality of starting bits of a frame are present; and (b) loading the pre-load seed to the descrambler to retrieve the test code. According to the invention, a frame starting-bits detector is used to determine the correct time to load the pre-load seed.

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