Adaptive pade filter and transceiver

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a communication transmitter and receiver include an adaptive filter and a decision feedback equalizer as well as cross-talk cancellers. The adaptive filter is configured to receive an input signal and includes a continuous analog delay circuit with a plurality of Padé-based delay elements.

1 . A communications receiver comprising:
 an adaptive filter configured to receive an input signal, the filter comprising a continuous analog delay circuit with a plurality of delay elements.   
     
     
         2 . The communications receiver of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the delay elements is a Padé-based delay element. 
     
     
         3 . The communications receiver of  claim 1 , wherein the adaptive filter is an adaptive feedforward equalizer. 
     
     
         4 . The communications receiver of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a decision feedback equalizer coupled to an output of the adaptive feedforward equalizer, the decision feedback equalizer configured to recover data carried by the input signal.   
     
     
         5 . The communications receiver of  claim 4 , wherein the both the input signal and an output signal of the adaptive feedforward equalizer are continuous and the output signal is sampled prior to entry to the decision feedback equalizer. 
     
     
         6 . The communications receiver of  claim 4 , wherein the decision feedback equalizer additionally outputs an error signal that is returned to the adaptive feedforward equalizer for correlation with other signaling. 
     
     
         7 . The communications receiver of  claim 6 , wherein the adaptive feedforward equalizer further comprises:
 a clocked comparator for sampling the input signal.   
     
     
         8 . The communications receiver of  claim 7 , wherein the adaptive feedforward equalizer further comprises:
 at least one modification element that receives at least (a) a signal from one of the delay elements, (b) a signal from a delay line from the clocked comparator, and (c) an error signal from the decision feedback equalizer, the at least one modification element outputting a signal derived from the received signals.   
     
     
         9 . The communications receiver of  claim 7 , wherein the adaptive feedforward equalizer further comprises:
 at least one modification element that receives at least (a) the input signal, (b) a signal from a delay line from the clocked comparator, and (c) an error signal from the decision feedback equalizer, the at least one modification element outputting a signal derived from the received signals to at least one of the delay elements.   
     
     
         10 . The communications receiver of  claim 3 , wherein the adaptive feedforward equalizer further comprises:
 at least one modification element that receives at least (a) two delayed signals from one of the delay elements and (b) an error signal from the decision feedback equalizer, the at least one modification element outputting a signal derived from the received signals.   
     
     
         11 . The communications receiver of  claim 3 , wherein the adaptive feedforward equalizer further comprises:
 at least one modification element that receives at least (a) a delayed signal from one of the delay elements, (b) an error signal from the decision feedback equalizer, (c) a data signal from the decision feedback equalizer, the at least one modification element outputting a signal derived from the received signals.   
     
     
         12 . The communications receiver of  claim 3 , wherein the input signal is not used to adapt a coefficient for the adaptive feedforward equalizer. 
     
     
         13 . A communications receiver comprising:
 a first feedforward equalizer configured to receive a first input signal from a first channel and a first error signal;   a first crosstalk canceller configured to receive a second input signal from a second channel and the first error signal, the first crosstalk canceller having a continuous analog delay circuit including a plurality of delay elements, and the first crosstalk canceller correlating the second signal with the first error signal.   
     
     
         14 . The communication receiver of  claim 13 , wherein at least one of the delay elements is a Padé-based delay element. 
     
     
         15 . The communication receiver of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a first decision feedback equalizer coupled to an output of the first feedforward equalizer and an output of the first crosstalk canceller, the first decision feedback equalizer recovering data carried by the first input signal and generating the first error signal.   
     
     
         16 . The communication receiver of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a second feedforward equalizer configured to receive the second input signal and a second error signal;   a second crosstalk canceller configured to receive the first input signal and the second error signal, the second crosstalk canceller having a continuous analog delay circuit including a plurality of delay elements, and the second crosstalk canceller correlating the first input signal with the second error signal.   
     
     
         17 . The communication receiver of  claim 16 , wherein a clock is recovered for one of the channels. 
     
     
         18 . The communication receiver of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 a first decision feedback equalizer coupled to an output of the first feedforward equalizer and an output of the first crosstalk canceller, the first decision feedback equalizer recovering data carried by the first input signal and generating the first error signal; and   a second decision feedback equalizer coupled to an output of the second feedforward equalizer and an output of the second crosstalk canceller, the second decision feedback equalizer recovering data carried by the second input signal and generating the second error signal.   
     
     
         19 . The communication receiver of  claim 16 , wherein each of the first and second feedforward equalizers have a continuous analog delay circuit including a plurality of delay elements. 
     
     
         20 . The communication receiver of  claim 13 , wherein at least one of the delay elements for each of the first and second feedforward equalizers and the first and second crosstalk cancelleres is a Padé delay element. 
     
     
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