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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramin Shirani, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Saied Benyamin, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael A Brown, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375238 ; 375232 ; 375317 ; 327307 ;
Abstract
An improved invention providing a solution to a problem endemic to conventional adaptive equalizer systems, a problem known as baseline wander. The invention brings the baseline back down when it has drifted up due to baseline wander. The invention brings the baseline back up when it has drifted down due to baseline wander. The end result is that the invention keeps the data centered about the common mode, thus helping to ensure that the data is equalized properly without distortion.