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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Arthur Abnous, Irvine, CA (US);
Avanindra Madisetti, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Christian A. J. Lutkemeyer, Irvine, CA (US);
Arthur Abnous, Irvine, CA (US);
Avanindra Madisetti, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Christian A. J. Lutkemeyer, Irvine, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a next-cycle input sample from a decision feedback equalizer to a symbol decoder using look-ahead computations such that timing contention between the decision feedback equalizer and the symbol decoder is reduced. During a symbol period, a set of possible values is computed in the decision feedback equalizer and a set of path memory symbols is computed in the symbol decoder, the set of path memory symbols being based on a current input sample. During the same symbol period, one of the possible values is selected as the next-cycle input sample based on at least one of the next-cycle path memory symbols produced from the symbol decoder.