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Multi-mode equalizer in a digital video signal processing system

US5712873A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1996
Grant dateJan 27, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/211
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital high definition television receiver equalizer system includes an input adaptive feed forward filter (FFF 20), a carrier recovery network (46), and a slicer (40) in addition to an adaptive decision feedback filter (DFF, 30) for removing intersymbol interference. At the beginning of a blind equalizing interval the FFF is not adapted and the DFF operates as a linear filter with adapted coefficients for equalizing post-ghosts. Afterwards in the blind interval the FFF coefficients are adapted blindly for equalizing pre-ghosts. In a subsequent decision-directed mode the slicer output is used for adapting both the FFF and DFF non-linearly.

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