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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2007
Helmut Preisach, Besigheim, DE;
Helmut Preisach, Besigheim, DE;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A digital signal receiver for a high-bitrate digital signal has a serial signal input (') and a number of N parallel digital signal outputs () with N>1. The receiver contains at least N+1 digital sampling channels (-), a Q-monitor () for comparing the output signal of at least two of the sampling channels (-), and a switch fabric () for controllably connecting N of the sampling channels (-) to the outputs () and at least two of the sampling channels (-) to the Q-monitor (). This allows to use N of the sampling channels to provide the N output signals while at the same time, the at least one remaining sampling channel can be used by the Q-monitor to scan an eye diagram.