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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Choshu Ito, San Mateo, CA (US);
Erik V. Chmelar, Midland, MI (US);
Choshu Ito, San Mateo, CA (US);
Erik V. Chmelar, Midland, MI (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Described embodiments adapt one or more taps of a decision feedback equalizer of a receiver by setting a reference voltage for each of one or more data recovery comparators to a corresponding predetermined initial value. The data recovery comparators generate a bit value for each sample of a received signal. A tap adaptation module of the receiver selects a window of n received bit samples. The tap adaptation module iteratively, for each of the one or more data recovery comparators, tracks (i) a detected number of bits having a logic 0 value, and (ii) a detected number of bits having a logic 1 value. The tap adaptation module adjusts, based on a ratio of the detected number of bits having a logic 0 value to the detected number of bits having a logic 1 value, the reference voltage for the corresponding data recovery comparator by a predetermined step amount.