Low complexity high-speed communications transceiver

Claim 2

A transmission system, comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band and including an in-phase filter filtering the in-phase signal and a quadrature filter filtering the quadrature signal; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals; and a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter, and an offset block coupled between the down-converter and the filter, the offset block offsetting the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal such that signals output from the analog-to-digital converter averages zero.

Claim 3

A transmission system, comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive the in-phase and the quadrature signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band and including an in-phase filter filtering the in-phase signal and a quadrature filter filtering the quadrature signal; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals; an amplifier coupled between the filter and the analog-to-digital converter, the amplifier amplifying an in-phase filtered signal from the in-phase filter and a quadrature filter signal from the quadrature filter such that the analog-to-digital converter is filled; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals; and a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter, wherein an in-phase gain of the amplifier and a quadrature gain of the amplifier are adaptively chosen in an automatic gain controller.

Claim 4

A transmission system, comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive the in-phase and the quadrature signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band and including an in-phase filter filtering the in-phase signal and a quadrature filter filtering the quadrature signal; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals; an amplifier coupled between the filter and the analog-to-digital converter, the amplifier amplifying an in-phase filtered signal from the in-phase filter and a quadrature filter signal from the quadrature filter such that the analog-to-digital converter is filled; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals; and a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter, wherein an in-phase gain of the amplifier and a quadrature gain of the amplifier are adaptively chosen in an automatic gain controller.

Claim 5

The system of claim 2 , wherein the automatic gain controller sets the in-phase gain and the quadrature gain based on the digitized signals from the analog to digital converters.

Claim 6

The system of claim 3 , wherein the in-phase gain and the quadrature gain are equal.

Claim 7

A transmission system, comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band and including an in-phase filter filtering the in-phase signal and a quadrature filter filtering the quadrature signal; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals, the analog-to-digital converter including a first analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the in-phase filter and a second analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the quadrature filter; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals; a correction circuit coupled between the analog-to-digital converter and the equalizer, the correction circuit including an adjustment to correct phases between the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal; and a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter, wherein a small portion of one of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal are added to the opposite one of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal.

Claim 8

A transmission system, comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band and including an in-phase filter filtering the in-phase signal and a quadrature filter filtering the quadrature signal; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals, the analog-to-digital converter including a first analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the in-phase filter and a second analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the quadrature filter; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals; a correction circuit coupled between the analog-to-digital converter and the equalizer, the correction circuit including an adjustment to correct phases between the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal; and a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter, wherein a small portion of one of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal are added to the opposite one of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal.

Claim 9

The system of claim 5 , wherein a second portion of the opposite one of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal is added to the opposite one of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal.

Claim 10

The system of claim 6 , wherein the small portion and the second portion are adaptively chosen.

Claim 11

The system of claim 7 , wherein the small portion is a function of in-phase and quadrature output signals from the correction circuit.

Claim 12

The system of claim 7 , wherein the second portion is a function of the ratio between in-phase and quadrature signals from the correction circuit.

Claim 13

The system of claim 5 , wherein a phase rotator circuit is coupled between the analog-to-digital converter and the equalizer.

Claim 14

The system of claim 10 , wherein a parameter of the phase rotator circuit is adaptively chosen.

Claim 15

A transmission system, comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals; a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter; an amplifier coupled between the equalizer and the trellis decoder; and a quadrature correction coupled between the amplifier and the trellis decoder.

Claim 16

A transmission system, comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals; a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter; an amplifier coupled between the equalizer and the trellis decoder; and a quadrature correction coupled between the amplifier and the trellis decoder.

Claim 17

The system of claim 12 , wherein an offset circuit is coupled between the quadrature correction and the trellis decoder.

Claim 18

The system of claim 13 , wherein a parameter of the offset circuit is adaptively chosen.

Claim 19

The system of claim 12 , wherein an in-phase gain and a quadrature gain of the amplifier are adaptively chosen from error signals calculated from sliced values.

Claim 20

The system of claim 15 , wherein the sliced values are determined from input signals to the trellis decoder.

Claim 21

The system of claim 12 , wherein a parameter of the quadrature correction is adaptively chosen.

Claim 22

A transmission system comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals, wherein the equalizer is a complex equalizer executing a transfer function, the transfer function having parameters C k x (j) and C k y (j), where j is an integer; and a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter.

Claim 23

A transmission system comprising: a plurality of receivers, each of the plurality of receivers receiving signals from one of a plurality of transmission bands, at least one of the plurality of receivers comprising: a down-converter that converts an input signal from the one of the plurality of transmission bands to a base band, the down-converter creating an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal, the in-phase signal being the input signal multiplied by a cosine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands and the quadrature signal being the input signal multiplied by a sine function at the frequency of the one of the plurality of transmission bands; a filter coupled to receive signals from the down-converter, the filter substantially filtering out signals not in the base band; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to receive signals from the filter and generate digitized signals; an equalizer coupled to receive the digitized signals, wherein the equalizer is a complex equalizer executing a transfer function, the transfer function having parameters C k x (j) and C k y (j), where j is an integer; and a trellis decoder coupled to receive signals from the equalizer and generate recreated data, the recreated data being substantially the same data transmitted by a corresponding transmitter.

Claim 24

The system of claim 18 , wherein the center parameters C k x (0) and C k y (0) are fixed.

Claim 25

The system of claim 19 , wherein C k x (0) is one and C k y (0) is zero.

Claim 26

The system of claim 19 , wherein the parameters C k x (−1) and C k y (−1), are fixed.

Claim 27

The system of claim 21 , wherein the parameter C k x (−1) is about −0.3125.

Claim 28

The system of claim 21 , wherein the parameter C k y (−1) is about −0.015625.