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Digital receiver having adaptive carrier recovery circuit

US7342981B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 15, 2004
Grant dateMar 11, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2027/0071
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital receiver, that may be used to receive VSB/QAM digital television signals, includes an adaptive fine carrier recovery circuit that compensates for deviations in the carrier frequency or phase. The carrier recovery circuit de-rotates a signal including phase errors. Estimations of phase errors are filtered using a filter whose gain and bandwidth are adjusted adaptively. This allows the carrier recovery circuit to track phase/frequency offset without introducing significant jitter. In one embodiment, the receiver includes a DFE, and the adaptive carrier recovery circuit mitigates instability that might be associated with the DFE.

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