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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2009
Massimo Pozzoni, Pavia, IT;
Massimo Pozzoni, Pavia, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.R.L., Agrater Brianza (MB), IT;
Abstract
A decision feedback equalizer includes an input path for receiving a bitstream with inter-symbol interference, and a feedback signal path is coupled to the input path for correcting a sampled value of an incoming bit of the bitstream based on inter-symbol interference of a preceding bit. The feedback signal path includes a controllable delay circuit for receiving the preceding bit. A feedback path controller is coupled to the controllable delay circuit to regulate a delay introduced to the preceding bit. The delay is a function of an accumulated value of data of early-late events of a sampling instant of the bitstream for different data pulse patterns.