Title :
Burst-mode clock and data recovery for optically interconnected data centers
Author :
Shastri, Bhavin J. ; Plant, David V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We propose a novel burst-mode clock/data recovery (BM-CDR) architecture for optical data center applications. Our design is based on a hybrid topology of a CDR (feedback) and clock phase aligner (feed-forward) utilizing multi-phase clocks.
Keywords :
clock and data recovery circuits; computer centres; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; synchronisation; burst mode clock and data recovery; clock phase aligner; hybrid topology; multiphase clock; optically interconnected data centers; Bit error rate; Clocks; Computer architecture; Logic gates; Phase frequency detector; Synchronization; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553684
