• DocumentCode
    1571260
  • Title

    A 14-Gb/s 32 mW AC coupled receiver in 90-nm CMOS

  • Author

    Hossain, Masum ; Carusone, Anthony Chan

  • Author_Institution
    Toronto Univ., Toronto
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    33
  • Abstract
    This paper introduces a high-speed AC coupled receiver architecture for high density interconnects. The proposed architecture combines a novel hysteresis circuit path and a linear broadband amplifier path to recover a NRZ signal from an 80-fF capacitively coupled channel. Using this dual path technique, a 90-nm CMOS prototype achieves 14-Gb/s operation while consuming 32 mW from a 1.2-V supply. The measured sensitivity of the receiver is better than 100 mVp-p differential.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit interconnections; receivers; wideband amplifiers; AC coupled receiver; CMOS; NRZ signal; bit rate 14 Gbit/s; capacitively coupled channel; high density interconnects; linear broadband amplifier; power 32 mW; size 90 nm; Broadband amplifiers; CMOS process; Capacitance; Clocks; Coupling circuits; Hysteresis; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical signal processing; Prototypes; Pulse amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2007 IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Print_ISBN
    978-4-900784-05-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-4-900784-05-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2007.4342754
  • Filename
    4342754