Patent ID: 8229038

Claim:
A receiver, for receiving a received signal transmitted by a remote device, the receiver comprising: an analog-to-digital converter, for transforming the received signal into a digital signal; an equalizer, coupled to the analog-to-digital converter, for adjusting the digital signal to generate an equalized signal; a slicer, coupled to the equalizer, for receiving and slicing the equalized signal and generating a sliced signal; a delay unit, coupled to the slicer, for delaying the sliced signal; a decoder, coupled to the equalizer, for determining whether to decode the equalized signal or not according to a first control signal; a select unit, coupled to the slicer via the delay unit and the decoder, for selecting one of an output of the delay unit and an output of the decoder to be an output signal according to a second control signal; and a control unit, coupled to the slicer and the select unit, for determining whether to enable the first control signal and the second control signal according to the state of the sliced signal and the output signal.