System and method for recovering data received over a communication channel

A circuit for recovering data received over a communication channel, the circuit comprising:

• an adaptive equalizer operable to remove ISI (intersymbol interference) from a received signal so as to generate a gross recovered signal;
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• a timing recovery circuit comprising a plurality of phase detectors, each phase detector being operable to sample the gross recovered signal so as to generate a respective sampled recovered signal;
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• a signal selector operable to select one respective sampled recovered signal based on a performance criterion, the one respective sampled recovered signal being selected as an output of the circuit.

A method for recovering data received over a communication channel, the method comprising:

• removing ISI (intersymbol interference) from a received signal using an adaptive equalizer so as to generate a gross recovered signal;
• sampling the gross recovered signal using each of a plurality of phase detectors so as to generate a plurality of respective sampled recovered signals;
• selecting one sampled recovered signal of the plurality of respective sampled recovered signals based on a performance criterion;
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• outputting the one sampled recovered signal.