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Systems and methods for supporting both pulse amplitude modulation and quadrature amplitude modulation

US12328219B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2021
Grant dateJun 10, 2025
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/4921
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and devices are provided for receiving or transmitting IQ data (e.g., suitable for passband quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)) over a wireline using pairs of baseband pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-n) signals. Encoding circuitry may map data from an input bit stream to IQ data that includes an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component. Modulator circuitry may determine an in-phase PAM-n signal based on the in-phase component and a quadrature-phase PAM-n signal based on the quadrature-phase component. Driver circuitry may transmit the in-phase PAM-n signal and the quadrature-phase PAM-n signal across a wireline channel. The in-phase PAM-n signal may be different by 90° from the quadrature-phase PAM-n signal. This may enable a remote receiver on the wireline channel to detect the in-phase PAM-n signal independently of the quadrature-phase PAM-n signal.

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