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Method and apparatus for equalizing a digital signal received via multiple transmission paths

US6526093B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 4, 1999
Grant dateFeb 25, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2025/03694
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a receiver, an adaptive decision feedback equalizer receives broadcast signals having multipath interference. The equalizer includes a feed-forward, a feedback, and a partial feedback forward filter. The equalizer also includes a slicer and two accumulators. An output from the slicer is processed by the feedback filter and the partial feedback filter. The output from the feedback filter is subtracted from output of the feed-forward filter to form the input to the slicer, and the output of the partial feedback filter is subtracted from the received signal to form the input for the feed-forward filter to reduce the multipath interference.

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