• DocumentCode
    2868625
  • Title

    A 7Gb/s 9.3mW 2-Tap Current-Integrating DFE Receiver

  • Author

    Park, Matt ; Bulzacchelli, John ; Beakes, Michael ; Friedman, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-15 Feb. 2007
  • Firstpage
    230
  • Lastpage
    599
  • Abstract
    A 7Gb/s 2-tap current-integrating DFE implemented in a 90nm CMOS process is presented. Low power dissipation (9.3mW) is achieved by replacing resistively loaded analog current summers with resettable integrators. With 7Gb/s PRBS-7 data, the input sensitivity is 61 mVpp-diff, and the DFE equalizes a 16-inch backplane with 45% horizontal eye opening. The DFE core (integrators, latches, clock buffers) occupies 85 times 65mum2.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; decision feedback equalisers; receivers; 2-tap current-integrating DFE receiver; 9.3 mW; 90 nm; CMOS process; DFE core; low power dissipation; resettable integrators; CMOS technology; Capacitors; Circuits; Clocks; Decision feedback equalizers; Parasitic capacitance; Power dissipation; Prototypes; Switches; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ISSCC 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0853-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0193-6530
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373378
  • Filename
    4242349