Title :
A 40 Gb/s 2.5 V 27-1 PRBS generator in SiGe using a low-voltage logic family
Author :
Kucharski, Daniel ; Kornegay, Kevin
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
A 40 Gb/s PRBS generator with a sequence length of 27-1 is implemented in a SiGe BiCMOS process with ft=120 GHz. It consumes 550 mW from a 2.5 V supply. Low-voltage operation is achieved through the use of an alternative family of logic gates with reduced device stacking.
Keywords :
BiCMOS logic circuits; Ge-Si alloys; binary sequences; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit measurement; logic design; low-power electronics; random sequences; semiconductor materials; signal generators; 120 GHz; 2.5 V; 40 Gbit/s; 550 mW; PRBS generator; SiGe; SiGe BiCMOS process; device stacking; logic gates; low-voltage logic family; power consumption; pseudorandom sequences; sequence length; Communications technology; Germanium silicon alloys; Latches; Logic design; Logic devices; Logic gates; Silicon germanium; Switches; Tail; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8904-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1494008
