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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2001
Applicants:
Jingsong Xia, Mundelein, IL (US);
Richard W. Citta, Oak Park, IL (US);
Scott M. Lopresto, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Wenjun Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Jingsong Xia, Mundelein, IL (US);
Richard W. Citta, Oak Park, IL (US);
Scott M. LoPresto, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Wenjun Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
Micronas Semiconductors. Inc., Palatine, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/159 (2006.01); H04L 23/02 (2006.01); H03M 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An adaptive equalizer comprises a trellis decoder; a mapper coupled to the output of the trellis decoder; and a decision feedback equalizer coupled to the output of the mapper. Each of the taps receives as input via the mapper output from a different one of the stages of the trellis decoder.