• DocumentCode
    2570535
  • Title

    A 10Gb/s CMOS AGC Amplifier with 35dB Dynamic Range for 10Gb Ethernet

  • Author

    Liao, Chih-Fan ; Liu, Shen-Iuan

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    6-9 Feb. 2006
  • Firstpage
    2092
  • Lastpage
    2101
  • Abstract
    A 10Gb/s AGC amplifier is implemented in 0.18mum CMOS technology. The circuit uses a linear-in-dB controlled VGA with 58dB tuning range. For input swings from 18mVpp to 1Vpp, the output swing is 430mVpp within +0.4 to -0.8dB variations. The measured dynamic range is 35dB with BER <10 -12. The AGC consumes 54mW from a 1.8V supply
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; amplifiers; automatic gain control; wireless LAN; 0.18 micron; 1.8 V; 10 Gbit; 10 Gbit/s; 430 mV; 54 mW; CMOS AGC amplifier; CMOS technology; Ethernet; automatic gain control; linear-in-dB controlled VGA; variable gain amplifier; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Degradation; Delay; Dynamic range; Equalizers; Ethernet networks; Finite impulse response filter; Linearity; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2006. ISSCC 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0079-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2006.1696269
  • Filename
    1696269