Title : 
A reduced signal feed-through 6-tap pre-emphasis circuit for use in a 10GB/S backplane communications system
         
        
            Author : 
Tai, Harry ; Noel, Peter ; Kwasniewski, Tad
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The current mode digital-to-analog converter (iDAC) has been widely used in finite-impulse response (FIR) filter implementations as it is well-suited for high-speed operation. This paper proposes a novel solution to reduce the signal feed-through problem commonly encountered in current mode digital-to-analog converters in pre-emphasis circuits. To improve the eye opening, the circuit must be able to limit the flow of feed-through signal to the summing node. The proposed multi-tap pre-emphasis circuit has been simulated using an IBM 130nm CMOS technology.
         
        
            Keywords : 
CMOS integrated circuits; FIR filters; digital-analogue conversion; CMOS technology; FIR filter; backplane communications system; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; current mode DAC; digital-to-analog converter; finite impulse response; multitap pre-emphasis circuit; signal feed-through problem; size 130 nm; Backplanes; Integrated circuit modeling; Backplane; Current Mode Digital-to-Analog Converter; Finite impulse response (FIR); Pre-emphasis; iDAC; signal feed-through;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
SOC Conference (SOCC), 2011 IEEE International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Taipei
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1616-4
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
2164-1676
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/SOCC.2011.6085130