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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Shih-Wei Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Liang-Wei Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ching-Yao Su, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Fu Chuang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G01B 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/026 (2013.01); G06F 11/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for estimating cable length in an Ethernet system and a receiver thereof are applicable to an Ethernet system. The method for estimating cable length includes obtaining a channel tap from channel information of a feedback equalizer in the Ethernet system and estimating a cable length according to the channel tap, a first coefficient and a constant.