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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1998
Yi Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhenhua Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kris Martin Holt, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An improved decoder for recovering Non-Return-to-Zero Interface (NRZI) digital data from a multiple layer transition (MLT-3) encoded signal in a 100BASE-TX Ethernet (IEEE Standard 802.3u) uses multiple comparators to minimize jitter in the decoded signal. A CMOS-based biasing circuit receives the differential MLT-3 encoded input signals and control signals from a signal amplitude detection circuit. The biasing circuit adjusts for any DC offset, and also generates offset signals based on respective mid-peak voltage values of the respective differential input signals. Four comparators are then used to detect a prescribed edge transition (e.g., a positive edge) coinciding with the respective mid-peak voltage value in the respective signals. The detected edge transitions are then used by edge decoding logic to generate the NRZI bilevel signal.