Serial digital data communications receiver with improved automatic cable equalizer, agc system, and dc restorer
CA 2201834 A1 · Owner: Gennum Corporation · Inventors: Webster, Stephen Paul
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A serial digital data communications receiver with an improved automatic cable equalizer that is less susceptible to jitter and has greater multi-standards capability, and an improved automatic gain control system with a DC restorer that provides optimal edge jitter performance while avoiding the possibility of a latch-up condition at the start of data transmission. The automatic cable equalizer for equalizing signals received over cables of different lengths has multiple stages each having a transfer function of 1 + Kifi(j~) wherein each of the Ki vary in accordance with a sequential gain control methodology. The AGC system uses the difference between pass band filtered versions of the …
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