Transmitter Training Using Receiver Equalizer Coefficients
A method of adjusting a post-cursor tap weight in a transmitter FIR filter in a high-speed digital data transmission system. A receiver, over a forward channel, receives a signal from the transmitter and equalizes the received signal using an adaptive analog equalizer coupled to the forward channel and a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) coupled to the analog equalizer. A gain coefficient used to adjust the peaking by the analog equalizer is adapted using an error signal generated by the DFE. The post-cursor tap weight of the transmitter filter is adjusted up or down based on a comparison of the gain coefficient to a set. of limits. The post-cursor tap weight is transmitted to the transmitter over a reverse channel and then equalizers in the receiver readapt. Alternatively, eye opening data and a DFE tap coefficient are used to determine whether the post-cursor tap weight is adjusted up or down.
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This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/892,206 filed on 17 Oct. 2013, the teachings of which are incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
BACKGROUND1. Field of the invention
The present invention relates generally to high-speed digital data transmission systems.
2. Description of the Related Art
Multi-gigabit per second (Gbps) communication between various chips on a circuit board or modules on a backplane has been in use for quite a while. Data transmission is usually from a transmitter that serializes parallel data for transmission over a communication media, such as twisted pair conductors as a cable or embedded in a backplane, fiber optic cable, or coaxial cable(s), to a receiver that recovers the transmitted data and deserializes the data into parallel form. However, data transmission greater than 8 Gbps over communication paths has been difficult to achieve because various signal impairments, such as intersymbol interference (ISI), crosstalk, echo, and other noise, can corrupt the received data signal to such an extent that a receiver is unable to recover the transmitted data at the desired high data rate with an acceptable level of error performance.
Various techniques are employed to improve the performance of the receiver. One technique is to provide the receiver with an analog front end (AFE), having a variable gain amplifier to assure signal linearity within a desired dynamic range and a multi-band adjustable analog (linear) equalizer (AEQ) to compensate for frequency-dependent losses, and an adaptive decision feedback equalizer to compensate for interference and other non-linear distortions of the channel. Even though the quality (e.g., the amount of “eye opening”) of the received signal can be improved by the AEQ, the complexity of the AEQ needed to handle different serial communication protocols (e.g., PCIe Gen3, 12 G SAS, 16GFC, and 10GBASE-KR, all of which are included herein by reference in their entirety) over communication channels ranging horn short, highly reflective channels to long-span channels with a poor insertion loss-to-crosstalk ratio (ICR), may be too complicated to implement cost effectively. Further, the amount of frequency-dependent distortion and interference may exceed the capability of the AEQ such that it cannot fully correct for them, resulting in unacceptably poor performance.
One way to improve the quality of the received signal is for the signal transmitter. coupled to the receiver, to drive the channel with signals that have been pre-distorted by a filter. One such filter used to pre-distort the transmitted signal is a finite-impulse response (FIR) filter with adjustable coefficients or tap weights, referred to herein as a TXFIR filter. For lower speed applications, the filter tap weights might be predetermined, i.e., selected from a set of preset filter tap weights, based on the design of the channel and the protocol being implemented. However, with the need for high-speed (e.g., 8 Gbps and above) applications, using a fixed set of TXFIR filter tap weights has not, worked well for all transmitter/channel/receiver implementations. Even similar implementations may require significantly different TXFIR filter tap weights values for proper operation due to chip-to-chip electrical parameter variations of the integrated circuits embodying the transmitter and the receiver and the electrical characteristics of the channel media as well.
The standards bodies that administer the various serial communication protocols mentioned above recognized the shortcomings of using fixed TXFIR filter tap weights and provided in the protocols a feedback mechanism utilizing a back-channel to allow for adjustment of the TXFIR filter tap weights during, initialization of the transmitter and receiver. The protocols allow for the receiver to adapt the TXFIR filter tap weights by receiving a known data pattern from the transmitter and communicating new filter tap weights values to the transmitter via the back-channel.
Techniques used to adapt the TXFIR filter tap weights include gradient-based approaches, such as the widely used least-mean-squared (LMS) algorithm, that generally rely on the AFE being essentially distortion-free and invulnerable to large signal compression and PVT variations, none of which is possible in existing small geometry implementation technology, e.g., 28 nm and smaller. Moreover, the gradient-based approaches to TXFIR adaptation do not reliably adapt the TXFIR post-cursor tap weight with channel media loss and transmitter launch amplitude variations experienced in typical systems. it has been found that under certain circumstances, various coefficients. such as the coefficient used to set the level of peaking provided by AEQ, saturate at one extreme or another so that the adaptation does not converge, resulting in a failure of communication from the transmitter to the receiver.
With decreasing process technology geometry and decreasing power supply requirements, transmitter and receiver design for high-speed application is challenging due to increased process-voltage-temperature (PVT) related data path gain variation and power supply headroom-induced signal distortion. The effect of PVT variation is more pronounced at 28 nm and smaller technology. As an example, with a fast process corner at low supply voltage and high operating temperature associated with low transmitter launch on a high loss channel, the AFE might not offer enough signal gain and high frequency signal amplification for error-free communication. Moreover, disproportionate gain variation between a low frequency signal path and a high frequency signal path results in loss of signal fidelity by altering signal linearity. An example of such behavior may be found in a typical compression curve of an exemplary AFE consisting of a low frequency signal path and a high frequency signal path. In a small geometry implementation, it is typical that a DC input signal might suffer 30% attenuation in a low amplitude linear region of the AFE (e.g., 100 mV input) and have a 5 dB compression at large amplitude (e.g., 300 mV input).
On the other hand, with a slow process corner and high supply voltage at low operating temperature associated with a high transmitter launch voltage over a low loss channel, the AFE might exhibit excessive signal compression at higher signal amplitudes and no compression at lower signal amplitudes. This in turn results in loss of signal fidelity by selective signal compression on low frequency and high frequency components of an incoming signal at the receiver. As a result, the conventional data sample phase-aligned error latch-based adaptation algorithms do not develop the correct information for accurate adaptation of receiver coefficients as well as the TXFIR filter tap weights.
Therefore, it is desirable to provide a receiver that can quickly, robustly, and reliably adjust the TXFIR filter tap weights where AFE gain/boost variations and signal linearity challenges resulting from PVT variations exist along with lower power supply-induced signal headroom limitations, thereby improving the overall reliability of communication between the transmitter and the receiver.
SUMMARYThis Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter.
In one embodiment of the invention, a method is described in which a receiver adapts at least one adjustable filter tap weight for a filter in a transmitter coupled to the receiver. The method includes the steps of receiving, over a forward channel, a signal from the transmitter after being tittered by the filter with the adjustable tap weights; equalizing the received signal using an adaptive equalizer having at least one control signal; adjusting the at least one of the transmitter filter tap weight based on the at least one control signal of the equalizer; and transmitting the adjusted at least one transmitter filter tap weight to the transmitter using a reverse channel.
Embodiments of the invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description, the appended claims, and the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals identify similar or identical elements.
As data rates increase for serializer/deserializer (SERDES) communications applications, the “quality” of the channel media degrades dramatically even over short distances between the ends of the channel. One technique typically used to overcome the poor quality channel and achieve the desired channel performance needed for reliable communications over the degraded channel is to pre-distort the transmitted signal to counteract the effects of the channel on the signal presented to the receiver. For high-speed signaling applications, such as 8 Gbps and faster SERDES applications, the pre-distortion characteristics are adjusted through a back or reverse channel to adapt the pre-distortion to the channel's characteristics. For one example of a reverse channel adaptation technique, see Published U.S. Patent Application 2013-0195154 titled “Transmitter Adaptation Loop Using Adjustable Gain and Convergence Detection” by Mobin et al., incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
For purposes here, both ports contain substantially the same functional blocks so that the description herein of functional blocks in one port is applicable to the other port. However, it is understood that ports of different capability, e.g., maximum communication speed, can be used to communicate with each other but might be lacking certain features, e.g., a transmit filter without variable tap weights or a receiver without an analog equalizer.
In the local port 110, the SERDES 112 has a receiver portion 114 and a transmitter portion 116. The SERDES 212 in the link partner port 210 has a receiver portion 214 and transmitter portion 216. The transmitter 116 sends serialized data from a data source in utilization device 118 to the receiver 214 via the aforementioned channel media 122 for delivery to a data sink in the utilization device 218, forming a communication channel 120. Similarly, the transmitter 216 sends serialized data from a data source in utilization device 218 to the receiver 114 via the aforementioned channel media 222 for delivery to a data sink in the utilization device 118, forming a communication channel 220. A utilization device might be a computer, a field-programmable gate array, a storage system, another communication system, or any other device that produces or consumes data. For purposes of this description, a communication channel is a main channel when the channel is carrying either data from one utilization device to another or conveying data during training as will be explained in more detail below, or the communication channel is a back-channel when conveying information regarding the setup, adaptation, or other data related to the operation of the main channel. A channel might be both a main channel and a back-channel during normal operation; e.g., channel 120 might be conveying data from utilization device 118 to utilization device 218 while conveying configuration or performance information (e.g., bit error rate) about the channel 220 to a controller located in the local port 110.
As will be explained in more detail in relation to
As mentioned above, data to be transmitted is filtered through a transmit filter disposed between a serializer and the communication media to improve the performance of the system 100 by pre-distorting (filtering) the signals applied to the conductors in the channel media,
When a request is made to adapt the tap weights of TXFIR filter 254 and coefficients of receiver 114, a processor 150 in the local port 110 sends an adaptation request to transmit (TX) Adaptation unit 162 in the SERDES 112. The TXFIR filter adapts using, conventional adaptation gradient techniques (e.g., LMS) for the pre-cursor (CM1) and optionally the main-cursor (C0) tap weights and these weights are adapted over a given period in the TX Adaptation unit 162 utilizing an error value, ek, from the receiver 114. In some embodiments, the main cursor has a fixed, non-adaptable value. As will be explained in more detail below, the post-cursor (CP1) tap weight is adapted using another approach as described in connection with
The minimum and maximum AEQ boost settings, AEQ_Min_Bound and AEQ_Max_Bound, respectively, are set depending on the performance of the AEQ 334 and desired distribution of equalization between the receiver 14/214 and corresponding transmitter 216/116. AEQ_Min_Bound is programmable but is typically set to approximately zero, the level at which the AEQ provides no significant boost or peaking. AEQ_Max_Bound is programmable but is typically set several dB below the maximum boost the AEQ capable of This allows for the AEQ to continue adapting, and providing additional boost when more analog equalization is needed after the TXFIR post-cursor is “frozen” once the receiver and transmitter are initially adapted to each other. The AEQ_Max_Bound might be adjusted up or down depending on the amount of post-cursor boost desired. by the TXFIR 254 because too much post-cursor boost might generate unacceptable levels of crosstalk by the transmitter while too little post-cursor boost results in the AEQ providing so much boost that more noise than signal is amplified by the AFE 330, detrimentally impacting the overall performance of the system.
The analog signal output rk of the AFE 330 passes through subtractor 335, used in conjunction with an decision feedback equalizer (DEE) 370 having L taps as described below, and is then sampled by a clock/data recovery (CDR) circuit 350 A slicer 360 (described below and part of data and error latches 164 of
As previously indicated, the slicer 360 can be implemented as a slicer-latch (i.e., a decision device based on an amplitude threshold and a latch to hold the results of the decision device) or a more complicated detector such as a sequence detector. For high-speed applications, the slicer 360 is often implemented as a slicer-latch that is clocked, by a CDR-generated clock. in addition to sampling the data signal, the slicer 360 essentially quantizes the signal to a binary “1” or “0” based on the sampled analog value and a slicer threshold, st. If the input to the slicer 360 at time k is yk, then the detected data bit output, âk of the slicer 360 is given as follows:
In this example, the slicer 360 has a slicer threshold st of zero.
The phase of the analog waveform is typically unknown and there may be a frequency offset between the frequency at which the original data was transmitted and the nominal receiver sampling clock frequency. The function of the CDR 350 is to properly sample the analog waveform such that when the sampled waveform is passed through a slicer 360, the data is recovered properly despite the fact that the phase and frequency of the transmitted signal is not known. The CDR 350 is conventional and is often an adaptive feedback circuit and the feedback loop adjusts the phase and frequency of the nominal clock to produce a modified recovered clock that can sample the analog waveform to allow proper data detection.
In general, the CDR 350 may be composed of several components, such as a phase detector, a loop filter, and a clock generation circuit (not shown). In one embodiment, the CDR 350 comprises a bang-bang phase detector (BBPD). For a general discussion of bang-bang, phase detectors, see, for example, J. D. H. Alexander, “Clock Recovery from Random Binary Signals,” Electronics Letters, 541-42 (October, 1975), incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. Alternatively, the CDR 350 comprises a Mueller-Muller CDR where the signals are sampled at the baud-rate. For a general discussion of Mueller-Muller CDR, see, for example, K. Mueller and K. Muller, “Timing Recovery in Digital Synchronous Data Receivers,” IEEE Trans, Comm., Vol. 24, No 5, May 1976, pp. 516-531, incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
Exemplary operation of L-tap DFE 370 is as follows. It is noted that the DFE equalizer described herein is well known and considered an analog implementation because compensation is done in the analog domain even though part. of the equalizer is implemented in digital form but might be implemented in an all-digital form. A DEE correction, zk, generated by a DFE filter 370 is subtracted by an analog summer 335 from the output, rh, of the AFE 330 to produce a DFE corrected signal yk, where yk=rk−zk. Then the DFE-corrected signal yk is detected by a slicer 360 to produce the detected data bits âk.
Because the output of slicer 360 (the detected data bits âk) is used by filter 370 to produce the DFE output zk, the filter 370 uses past corrected detected data to produce the DFE output. For one embodiment of the filter 370, the output of the DFE filter 370 is:
where hi represents the coefficients or weights of the L-tap DEE fitter 370 and âk(−i) represents past data decisions from the slicer 360. Further explanation of the filter 370 and alternative embodiments thereof may be found in the U.S. Pat. No. 8,467,440 by Aziz et al., titled “Compensated Phase Detector for Generating One or More Clock Signals Using DFE Detected Data in a Receiver” incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The value of the tap weights hi is determined during a training period by analyzing an error signal, ek, described in more detail below. Generally and as well understood in the art, a receiver adaptation unit 168 (
The error signal e is generated by subtractor 380 taking the difference between the DFE-corrected signal yk and a weighted version of the detected data bit generated by multiplier 382 multiplying together the detected data bit value âk and the adaptable weight ho. The weight h0 is related to the amplitude of the outer eye opening of the received signal and is generated by VGA/h0 controller 386. Subtractor 380 and multiplier 362 are part of the data and error latches 164 of
The VGA/h0 controller 386, which can be implemented by the receiver adaptation unit 168, receives the error signal and controls the gain of the VGA 332 and determines the average amplitude of the outer eye opening of the equalized received signals. Generation of the VGA control signal and h0 is conventional and is discussed in detail in, for example, Published U.S. Patent Application 2013/0077669 titled “Method of Compensating for Nonlinearity in a DFE-based Receiver” by A. Malipatil et al, incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
As with the VGA/h0 controller 386, the AEQ controller 388 is conventional and receives the error signal ek to generate the AEQ gain control signal to set the level of peaking by the AEQ 386. During the training or adaptation phase of the receiver, the controller 388, responsive to the error signal ek, converges one or more coefficient values of the AEQ 334 either to reduce intersymbol interference during eye openings or to reduce signal transition jitter, Either technique is well known in the art and is similar to the DFE adaptation technique described above. Further, controllers 386, 388 might use signals other than ek as a feedback signal for adaptation, e.g., using data eye monitoring techniques as taught in U.S. Pat. 8,369,470 by Mobin et al., titled “Methods and Apparatus for Adapting One or More Equalization Parameters by Reducing Group delay Spread”, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Returning to
The ports 110, 210 calculate the TXFIR filter tap weights differently depending on the standard being implemented. In the aforementioned PCIe, standard, the TXFIR filter tap weights are calculated following a certain set of rules (as explained in more detail below in connection with
Once the new transmitter filter tap weights are activated in the TXFIR, the receiver 114 readapts the VGA, AEQ, and DFE. coefficients. After an appropriate amount of time is allocated for the receiver 114 to reacquire the change in dynamics of the transmitter 216 due to the TXFIR filter tap weights changes, the TXFIR filter tap weights are readjusted as needed until convergence in the tap weights occurs. The receiver 114 might adapt its VGA, AEQ, and DFE coefficients following the TXFIR tap weights update in accordance with, for example, that disclosed in “Method and Apparatus for Generating. One or More Clock Signals for a Decision-Feedback Equalizer Using DFE Detected Data”, by Aziz el al, U.S. Pat. No. 7,616,686, incorporated by reference herein it its entirety.
As will be explained in more detail in connection with
An exemplary operation of the overall adaptation process in accordance with the present invention is illustrated in
Beginning with step 502, the TXFIR filter tap weights and receiver titter coefficients are set to default or known values. Concomitantly, the local port 110 and the link partner port 210 (
Generally, step 502 is accomplished using prearranged TXFIR tap weights or last used tap weights for the TXFIR filter 254 (
Once the filters are initialized, an adaptation step 504 is initiated in which the equalizers and filters in the receiver 114 adapt to the known sequence carried by the communication media 222. Once convergence in the receiver coefficients occurs, then a. post-cursor adaptation step 506 begins as will be described in more detail in connection with
As illustrated in
Exemplary details of step 506 are shown in
In another embodiment, the details of step 506 are shown in
Because there is a tradeoff between the AEQ gain and the tap weight values of the DFE, in an alternative embodiment a DFE tap weight is used in conjunction with the AEQ gain to determine the amount of post-cursor used b the TXFIR. As shown in
Starting with step 802, the DFE tap weight h1 is checked against a minimum h1 bound, H1_Min_Bound, typically set to approximately zero. If so, then in step 804 the TXFIR post-cursor tap weight is reduced by a known amount and control passes to step 508 of
In an alternative embodiment similar to that in
In these embodiments, the processes disclosed in
For purposes of this description and unless explicitly stated otherwise, each numerical value and range should be interpreted as being approximate as if the word “about” or “approximately” preceded the value of the value or range. Further, signals and corresponding nodes, ports, inputs, or outputs may be referred to by the same name and are interchangeable. Additionally, reference herein to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase “in one embodiment” in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments necessarily mutually exclusive of other embodiments. The same applies to the terms “implementation” and “example.”
Also for purposes of this description, the terms “couple,” “coupling,” “coupled,” “connect,” “connecting,” or “connected,” refer to any manner known in the art or later developed in which a signal is allowed, to be transferred between two or more elements and the interposition of one or more additional elements is contemplated, although not required. Conversely, the terms “directly coupled,” “directly connected,” etc., imply the absence of such additional elements.
It is understood that various changes in the details, materials, and arrangements of the parts which have been described and illustrated in order to explain the nature of this invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the following claims.
Although the elements in the following method claims, if any, are recited in a particular sequence with corresponding labeling, unless the claim recitations otherwise imply a particular sequence for implementing some or all of those elements, those elements are not necessarily intended to be limited to being implemented in that particular sequence.
Claims
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, over a forward channel, a signal from a transmitter having after being filtered by a filter therein with at least one adjustable tap weight;
- equalizing the received signal using an adaptive equalizer having at least one control signal, wherein the adaptive equalizer is a decision feedback equalizer, wherein the at least one control signal is an adaptive tap weight;
- adjusting at least one transmitter filter tap weight based on the at least one control signal of the equalizer, wherein the adjusted at least one transmitter filter tap weight is adjusted downward when the adaptive tap weight is less than a limit value; and
- transmitting the adjusted at least one transmitter filter tap weight to the transmitter using a reverse channel.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitter filter is a finite impulse response filter and the adjusted at least one transmitter filter tap weight is a post-cursor tap weight.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of adjusting the at least one transmitter filter tap weight comprises the steps of:
- comparing the at least one control signal to the limit value; and
- adjusting the post-cursor tap weight up or down based on the results of the comparing step.
4. (canceled)
5. The method of claim 3 further comprising the steps of:
- calculating, based at least in part on an error signal generated by the decision feedback equalizer, a pre-cursor tap weight of the transmitter filter; and
- transmitting the pre-cursor tap weight to the transmitter using the reverse channel;
- wherein the limit value is substantially zero.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein
- the transmitted pre-cursor tap weight is loaded into the transmitter filter.
7. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of:
- equalizing the received signal using an adaptive analog equalizer disposed between the forward channel and the decision feedback equalizer, the adaptive analog equalizer having an analog equalizer gain coefficient;
- wherein the adjustment of the post-cursor tap weight is additionally based on the analog equalizer gain coefficient.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein the adaptive analog equalizer is a peaking filter with an amount of peaking determined by the analog equalizer gain coefficient, and the analog equalizer gain coefficient is adaptively adjusted in response to an error signal from the decision feedback equalizer.
9. The method of claim 6 further comprising the step of:
- measuring an outer eye of the equalized received signal from the adaptive analog equalizer to determine an amplitude of the outer eye;
- wherein the post-cursor tap weight is reduced if the amplitude of the measured outer eye is less than a minimum outer eye amplitude.
10. The method of claim 3 further comprising the steps of:
- calculating, based at least in part on an error signal generated by the decision feedback equalizer, a pre-cursor tap weight of the transmitter filter; and
- transmitting the pre-cursor tap weight to the transmitter using the reverse channel.
11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:
- initializing the transmitter filter tap weights and the at least one control signal to known values before the step of equalizing the received signal.
12. A method comprising:
- receiving, over a forward channel, a signal from a transmitter after being filtered by a filter therein with at least an adjustable post-cursor tap weight;
- equalizing the received signal using an adaptive analog equalizer coupled to the forward channel, the adaptive analog equalizer having an analog equalizer gain coefficient, and wherein equalizing the equalized received signal from the adaptive analog equalizer using a decision feedback equalizer having adaptive tap weights;
- adjusting the post-cursor tap weight of the transmitter filter based on the analog equalizer gain coefficient, wherein the post-cursor tap weight is reduced if at least one of the adaptive tap weights of the decision feedback equalizer is less than a limit value; and
- transmitting the adjusted post-cursor tap weight to the transmitter using a reverse channel.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein the post-cursor tap weight is reduced if the analog equalizer gain coefficient is less than a minimum analog gain value, and the post-cursor tap weight is increased if the analog equalizer gain coefficient is greater than a maximum analog gain value.
14. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:
- measuring an outer eye of the equalized received signal to determine an amplitude thereof;
- wherein the post-cursor tap weight is increased if the amplitude of the measured outer eye is not less than a minimum outer eye amplitude and the analog equalizer gain coefficient is greater than a maximum analog gain value.
15. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:
- measuring an outer eye of the equalized received signal to determine an amplitude thereof;
- wherein the post-cursor tap weight is reduced if the amplitude of the measured outer eye is less than a minimum outer eye amplitude.
16. (canceled)
17. The method of claim 12 wherein the limit value is substantially zero and the at least one adaptive tap weight is an h1 tap weight of the decision feedback equalizer.
18. The method of claim 12 wherein the transmitter filter is a finite impulse response filter, the adaptive analog equalizer is a peaking filter with an amount of peaking determined by the analog equalizer gain coefficient, and the analog equalizer gain coefficient is adaptively adjusted in response to an error signal from the decision feedback equalizer.
19. The method of claim 18 further comprising the steps of:
- calculating, based at least in part on an error signal generated by the decision feedback equalizer, a pre-cursor tap weight of the transmitter filter;
- transmitting the pre-cursor tap weight to the transmitter using the reverse channel.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of:
- repeating all of the recited receiving, equalizing, calculating, adjusting, measuring, and transmitting steps until the transmitter filter tap weights have converged.
21. The method of claim 5 wherein if the transmitted pre-cursor tap weight does not change more than a pre-determined amount from a previous value, adjusting ends and the transmitter filter tap weight has converged.
22. The method of claim 8, wherein if the measured outer eye is greater than the minimum outer eye amplitude, the measured outer eye is compared to a maximum outer eye amplitude, and wherein if the measured outer eye is not greater than the maximum outer eye amplitude, the post-cursor tap weight does not change.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 6, 2013
Publication Date: Apr 23, 2015
Applicant: LSI Corporation (San Jose, CA)
Inventors: Rajesh Ramadoss (Millburn, NJ), Mohammad S. Mobin (Orefield, PA), Thomas F. Gibbons (Macungie, PA)
Application Number: 14/072,895
International Classification: H04L 25/03 (20060101);