• DocumentCode
    3611384
  • Title

    The Bridged T-Coil [A Circuit for All Seasons]

  • Author

    Razavi, Behzad

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    9
  • Lastpage
    13
  • Abstract
    The bridged T-coil, often simply called the T-coil, is a circuit topology that extends the bandwidth by a greater factor than does inductive peaking. Many high-speed amplifiers, line drivers, and input/output (I/O) interfaces in today´s wireline systems incorporate on-chip T-coils to deal with parasitic capacitances. In this article, we introduce and analyze the basic structure and study its applications.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; bridge circuits; coils; driver circuits; integrated circuits; network topology; I/O interfaces; bridged T-coil; circuit topology; high-speed amplifiers; inductive peaking; input/output interfaces; line drivers; on-chip T-coils; parasitic capacitances; wireline systems; Bandwidth; Capacitance; Coils; Couplings; Electrostatic discharges; Impedance; Inductors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1943-0582
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSSC.2015.2474258
  • Filename
    7336651