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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Eran Doron, Herzliya, IL;
Baruch Meborach Bublil, Netanya, IL;
Yaron Slezak, Raanana, IL;
Idan Versano, Holon, IL;
Eran Doron, Herzliya, IL;
Baruch Meborach Bublil, Netanya, IL;
Yaron Slezak, Raanana, IL;
Idan Versano, Holon, IL;
Transwitch Corporation, Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for compensating for gain changes of an N-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-N) modulated signal. The method comprises comparing the PAM-N modulated signal to N−1 configurable thresholds, wherein the input PAM-N modulated signal is also equalized and the N−1 configurable thresholds are N−1 different voltage levels; tracking gain changes in the input PAM-N modulated signal by comparing the input PAM-N modulated signal to a compensation threshold; and adjusting a level of the at least one of the N−1 configurable thresholds of the N−1 comparators based on an output of the compensation comparator, thereby offsetting a crossing point of the at least one comparator respective of the at least one of the N−1 configurable thresholds to compensate for gain changes in the input PAM-N modulated signal.