Nxp B.v.

Renesas Design Austria Gmbh

Gregor Hauseder

Ulrich Andreas Muehlmann

Wolfgang Hrauda

Tim Daniel Raspel

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a channel equalizer is provided for use in a near field communication (NFC) device, the channel equalizer comprising: a filter configured to receive an input signal and to generate a filtered output signal; an estimator configured to determine filter coefficients to be used by said filter; a synchronizer configured to determine when to enable the channel equalizer and to provide one or more corresponding control signals to the estimator. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a channel equalizer for use in a near field communication (NFC) device is conceived.

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Gregor Hauseder