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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
May. 12, 1998
Wong Hee, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhijit Phanse, Santa Clara, CA (US);
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A data signal peak error detector for monitoring and detecting undesired shifts in the peak levels of a multilevel data signal, such as an MLT,Ethernet signal. A signal slicing circuit generates two signals: a data peak detection signal identifies occurrences of data signal peaks and is asserted when the input data signal level has transitioned beyond a value which is intermediate to preceding intermediate and peak (e.g., positive or negative) signal levels; and a data peak error signal identifies occurrences of data signal peak errors and is asserted when the input data signal level has transitioned beyond a value which corresponds to a preceding peak signal level. Assertion of the data peak detection signal initiates a count sequence by a counter. The count sequence is decoded to produce one or more signal pulses, each of which is provided at a respective time after assertion of the first data peak signal and identifies a valid state of the data peak error signal.