Title :
Level Selection Based 4-PAM Transmitter for Chip to Chip Communication
Author :
Chang, Kang-Yu ; Lin, Zhi-Ming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Changhua Univ. of Educ.
Abstract :
A multi-level PAM transmitter is presented. Overshooting and power consumption are reduced through a novel level selection approach. The test chip fabricated using a TSMC 0.18-mum CMOS process shows 133-mW power dissipation with 500Mb/s symbol rate and 1Gb/s equivalent data rate
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; pulse amplitude modulation; radio transmitters; 0.18 micron; 1 Gbit/s; 133 mW; 500 Mbit/s; CMOS process; chip to chip communication; level selection approach; multilevel PAM transmitter; power consumption; power dissipation; Communication cables; Distributed parameter circuits; Energy consumption; Frequency; Phase locked loops; Power cables; Power transmission lines; Pulse modulation; Transceivers; Transmitters; PAM; pre-emphasis; serial link;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2006. APCCAS 2006. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0387-1
DOI :
10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342170
