Patents Examined by Curtis Odon
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the decision threshold and sampling instant of a data generator
    Patent number: 6580763
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the decision threshold and the sampling instant of a data regenerator wherein the data regenerator includes a second data path whose decision threshold can be shifted. By comparing the output data, it is possible to calculate the bit errors which are caused by a shifting of the decision threshold. By experimentally shifting the sampling instant and subsequently the decision threshold the optimal sampling instant and the optimal decision threshold are found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst Müllner, Stefan Hofschen