Patent ID: 7577697

Claim:
In a receiver device, a linear transversal equalizer comprising: a plurality of taps; a plurality of tap weights; a first operator to transform each of said plurality of taps by respective ones of said plurality of tap weights to generate a plurality of tap products; and a filter combinatorial module to combine said plurality of tap products into an output of said linear transversal equalizer; a plurality of function values; an alignment multiplier to multiply each of said plurality of function values by respective ones of said plurality of tap weights to generate a plurality of alignment products; and an alignment combinatorial module to combine said plurality of alignment products into an alignment measure signal; wherein a span of said linear transversal equalizer is controlled by said alignment measure signal, wherein: said plurality of function values form a linear function going from a first tap toward a last tap; wherein one zero of said function is located at a center of said span of said linear transversal equalizer; and any gradients of said function at any zero of said function are either all positive or all negative.