Digital adaptive filter for a high throughput digital adaptive processor

Claim 1

In a digital adaptive line enhancer comprising, an input signal means for receiving an analog input signal, analog-to-digital input converter means for receiving said input signal and for providing a first digital signal, decorrelation delay means for receiving a sample of said input signal and providing a delayed reference signal therefrom, signal delay means comprising a plurality of delay tap means for providing tapped delays of said reference signal from said decorrelation means, a plurality of weight accumulator means each having its input coupled to one of said signal multiplying means, and equal in number thereto, for supplying a separate weight value signal on each of their outputs, a first plurality of signal multiplying means for multiplying said tapped delay signal from one of said delay tap means by one of said weight value signals, summing means coupled to the outputs of said first plurality of signal multiplying means for providing a narrowband channel digital signal representative of the outputs of said multiplying means, subtracting means for subtracting said narrowband channel digital signal from said first digital signal and for supplying an error output signal representative of the difference thereof, error feedback channel means for supplying a sample of said error signal, a second plurality of signal multiplying means equal in number to said first plurality of signal multiplying means, wherein each of said plurality of signal multiplying means is coupled to receive said error feedback channel signal and each is coupled to one of said delay tap means of said signal delay means, and clock means coupled to control the clocking of said analog-to-digital input converter means, which is operated at a clock frequency which results in a signal delay through said narrowband channel and said error feedback channel that is equal to the period of an integral number of clock cycles, the improvement comprising additional delay tap means provided on said signal delay means so that there are more delay tap means on said delay means than there are said weight accumulator means by an amount which is equal to the total number of clock cycles of delay through the narrowband channel and the error feedback channel, wherein said delay tap means are interconnected with said first and second multiplying means so that the signal which is at any given delay tap means at a particular time is coupled to a given one of said first multiplying means along with a given weight accumulator means at this particular time to form a component of an initial narrowband channel signal which will be at a subsequent tap delay means after a delay time that is substantially equal to said total signal, wherein said subsequent delay tap means is connected to the one of said second multiplying means which is utilized to update the same weight accumulator means that was used to produce said component of said initial narrowband channel signal.