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Receiver capable of correcting mismatch of time-interleaved parallel ADC and method thereof

US7233270B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 2005
Grant dateJun 19, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/1215
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A compensation method for a receiver is disclosed, the method includes: receiving and processing an incoming signal to generate an analog input signal; utilizing a time-interleaved parallel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for converting the analog input signal to a digital input signal according to a plurality of clock signals of different phases; equalizing the digital input signal to generate a plurality of soft decision values; generating a plurality of hard decision values according to the soft decision values; calculating a plurality of error values according to the hard decision values and the soft decision values; and compensating the receiver according to at least part of the error values.

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