• DocumentCode
    2104599
  • Title

    8Gb/s differential simultaneous bidirectional link with 4mV 9ps waveform capture diagnostic capability

  • Author

    Martin, A. ; Casper, B. ; Kennedy, J. ; Jaussi, J. ; Mooney, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Intel Labs., Hillsboro, OR, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    13-13 Feb. 2003
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Abstract
    Differential simultaneous bidirectional I/O circuits in 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS operate up to 8 Gb/s with BER better than 10/sup -11/ using 32 b LFSR. The cell area is 0.13 mm/sup 2/ and the dissipation is 120 mW. On-die diagnostic measurement of individual I/O link performance is enabled with a variable offset comparator and clock phase interpolator with resolution of 4 mV and 9 ps.
  • Keywords
    CMOS digital integrated circuits; comparators (circuits); delay lock loops; interpolation; synchronisation; transceivers; 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS; 0.18 micron; 120 mW; 8 Gbit/s; BER; I/O link performance; LFSR; cell area; clock phase interpolator; delay-locked loop; differential interface; differential simultaneous bidirectional I/O circuits; on-die diagnostic measurement; power dissipation; transceiver architecture; variable offset comparator; waveform capture diagnostic capability; Clocks; Delay; Differential amplifiers; Driver circuits; Filters; Impedance; Power supplies; Timing; Transmitters; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2003 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7707-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2003.1234215
  • Filename
    1234215