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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Lsi Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Amaresh Malipatil, San Jose, CA (US);

Sunil Srinivasa, San Jose, CA (US);

Vladimir Sindalovsky, Warrington, PA (US);

Mark Trafford, Fleetwood, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 7/033 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01); H04L 7/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described embodiments provide for, in a receiver circuit, an adaptation process that adjusts the IQ-skew automatically to obtain proper eye centering in a data eye, thereby maximizing horizontal margin of the eye. The IQ-skew adaptation algorithm is realized with a 'biased' bang-bang phase detector (BBPD) oof a clock and data recovery circuit (CDR) that biases the weights applied to UP and DOWN outputs of the phase detector, rather than treating them equally. By weighting the BBPD UPs and DOWNs differently, the system locks to the left and right inner corners, and thereby is able to locate the center of the inner eye.


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