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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Roy D. Cideciyan, Rueschlikon, CH;
Jonathan D. Coker, Rochester, MN (US);
Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Zurich, CH;
Richard L. Galbraith, Rochester, MN (US);
John J. Stephenson, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automating the convergence of tap weights in an equalizer for a data channel is disclosed. The automated equalization method is contained within the channel and obtains a temporary copy of each of a plurality of current tap weights from a current tap weight memory, determines a direction for modifying the temporary copy of each of the plurality of current tap weights, constrains the modifications to the temporary copy of each of the plurality of current tap weights to produce adjusted tap weights and at the end of a read operation, stores the adjusted tap weights to the current tap weight memory for use during a next read operation. The sign—sign LMS products for each of the plurality of current tap weights is calculated, the sign—sign LMS products for each of the plurality of current tap weights is summed to produce a count and the count for each of the plurality of current tap weights is compared to a threshold produce a desired tap direction indicator for each of the plurality of current tap weights. The desired tap direction comprises a positive value if the count is more positive than the threshold and a negative value is if the count is more negative than the threshold. The summing further includes incrementing the count by +1 if the sign product is positive and by −1 if the sign product is negative. The constraining further includes moving odd/even taps in pairs having opposite signs so that the sum of the odd/even taps is unchanged.