Dell Products Inc.

Han Deng

Bhyrav M Mutnury

Arun Reddy Chada

Umesh Chandra

An information handling system communicates information across a physical link with high and low signal values sent at a unit interval. Feed forward equalization improves signal transfer with pre-emphasis of low-to-high signals and de-emphasis of high-to-low signals lasting for a fraction of the unit interval, such as one-half or one-quarter of the unit interval. Fractional unit interval pre-emphasis and de-emphasis reduce inter symbol interference to improve frequency domain eye structure at the physical link receiver.

Information handling system half unit interval equalization

A high-speed serial data interface includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a feed-forward equalization (FFE) module. The FFE module has a main tap and at least one secondary tap. In a first mode, a sum of absolute values of a main tap compensation value and a secondary tap compensation value of each one of the at least one secondary tap is equal to one. In a second mode, the main tap compensation value has a unity gain equal to one, and each secondary tap compensation value is greater than or equal to the secondary tap compensation value in the first mode divided by the main tap compensation value in the first mode.

System and method to enhance feed-forward equalization in a high-speed serial interface

A PAM equalization optimization system includes a BIOS coupled to a PAM engine and an equalization engine. The BIOS determines an effective equalization tap number of equalization taps that each provide an equalization result above a predetermined amount. The BIOS then determines whether the effective equalization tap number is greater than a predetermined fraction of an available equalization tap number of equalization taps that are available for equalizing a signal. When the effective equalization tap number is greater than the predetermined fraction of the available equalization tap number, the BIOS causes the equalization engine to perform per-symbol equalization on signals modulated using the PAM engine. When the effective equalization tap number is not greater than the predetermined fraction of the available equalization tap number, the BIOS causes the equalization engine to perform per-bit equalization on signals modulated using the PAM engine.

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