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US 2023/0421418 A1Published application
Digital signal symbol decision generation with corresponding confidence level
AssigneeMellanox Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsOz Harel, Hananel Faig, Yair Yakoby
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Abstract
A receiver including an equalization component to receive a signal comprising a sequence of samples corresponding to symbols and generate an equalized signal with an estimated sequence of symbols corresponding to the signal. The receiver further includes a decision generation component to receive the equalized signal and generate, based on the equalized signal, a decision comprising a sequence of one or more bits that represent each symbol of the sequence of symbols and a confidence level corresponding to the decision.
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A digital receiver comprising:
- an equalization component to:
- receive a signal comprising a sequence of samples corresponding to symbols;
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- generate an equalized signal with an estimated sequence of symbols corresponding to the signal;
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- a decision generation component to:
- receive the equalized signal;
- and
- generate, based on the equalized signal, a decision comprising a sequence of one or more bits that represent each symbol of the sequence of symbols and a confidence level corresponding to the decision.
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A circuit comprising:
- a first decoder to generate a first set of state probabilities corresponding to a first vector comprising a first sequence of a first set of symbols of at least a portion of one or more blocks of an equalized signal;
- a second decoder to generate a second set of state probabilities corresponding to a second vector comprising a second sequence of the first set of symbols of the at least the portion of one or more blocks of the equalized signal;
- a calculator module to calculate a state probabilities vector based on the first set of state probabilities and the second set of state probabilities, wherein the state probabilities vector corresponds to the sequence of the samples;
- a third decoder to generate, based on the state probabilities vector, a set of symbol probabilities corresponding to the first set of symbols of the at least the portion of the one or more blocks;
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- a generator module to generate, based on the set of symbol probabilities, a decision comprising a sequence of one or more bits that represent each symbol of the sequence of symbols and a confidence level corresponding to the decision.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a signal comprising a sequence of samples corresponding to symbols;
- generating an equalized signal with an estimated sequence of symbols corresponding to the signal;
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- generating, based on the equalized signal, a decision comprising a sequence of one or more bits that represent each symbol of the sequence of symbols and a confidence level corresponding to the decision.
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