Patent Document ID: 20180254928
Application ID: 15446277
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A receiver apparatus configured to receive a data waveform from across a data link, the receiver apparatus comprising: a neural network circuit to: receive the data waveform from the data link; sample the data waveform at a plurality of timing locations of the data waveform; and determine a bit value for the data waveform based on the sample of the waveform from the plurality of timing locations; wherein the neural network circuit comprises a plurality of delay circuits to delay the data waveform, the plurality of delay circuits comprising: a first delay circuit in series with a second delay circuit; wherein the neural network circuit comprises a first sample input at an input to the first delay circuit, a second sample input at an output of the first delay circuit, and a third sample input at an output of the second delay circuit; the receiver apparatus further comprising: a plurality of activation function circuit elements to apply an activation function to one or more samples of the data waveform; and a gain circuit element interconnecting each sample input to each activation element of the plurality of activation elements.