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Maintaining convergence of a receiver during changing conditions

US8130939B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2007
Grant dateMar 6, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B3/52
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an automatic gain control (AGC) stage to receive an input signal from a communication channel physical medium, a first local gain stage coupled to an output of the AGC stage, an equalizer coupled to an output of the first local gain stage, an echo canceller to receive local data to be transmitted along the communication channel physical medium, and a second local gain stage coupled to an output of the echo canceller. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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