PASSBAND EQUALIZER FOR A VESTIGIAL SIDEBAND SIGNAL RECEIVER

摘要

A passband equalizer that performs blind equalization upon a complex signal, e.g., a vestigial sideband (VSB) signal, without using a training sequence. The passband equalizer contains a decision directed equalizer (DFE) that operates upon separate in phase (I) and quadrature phase (Q) signals using a filter for the I signal and a filter for the Q signal without using filters for cross components of the I and Q signals. As such, the DFE contains approximately half of the multipliers and adders that are used in prior art DFEs.