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Arrangement for receiving a digital signal from a transmission medium

US6845134B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2000
Grant dateJan 18, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2025/03509
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement is disclosed for receiving a digital signal from a transmission medium. The arrangement comprises a variable equalizer for equalizing a received signal so as to obtain an equalized signal, and bit-detector for detecting a sequence of bits from the equalized signal. The arrangement further comprises an asynchronous sampling unit for sampling a received analog signal so as to obtain a first signal having asynchronous samples. To control the variable equalizer a control signal is generated from the values of at least one sample of a signal having asynchronous samples, at either side of a zero crossing in signal.

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