10Gbps decision feedback equalizer with dynamic lookahead decision loop

Yu Chun Lin*, Muh Tian Shiue, Shyh-Jye Jou

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    Abstract

    Decision feedback equalizer (DFE) uses a feedback path to cancel post-cursor ISI, and this feedback path will also cause the limitation of its maximum throughput rate. This paper proposes a new lookahead method to break the feedback path for multi-gigabit DFE design. After lookahead computation, each paralleled sub-circuit has the same throughput rate as original one. Therefore, the total throughput rate is proportional to the parallelization factor. The computation complexity of the proposed architecture is lower than that of multiplexer-based lookahead DFE if the tap number of the feedback filter is large. It is shown that the new method saves 10% hardware complexity for an 8 taps feedback filter DFE and 98% hardware complexity for a 12 taps feedback filter DFE in comparison to a 10Gbps multiplexer-based lookahead DFE.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2009
    Pages1839-1842
    Number of pages4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 26 Oct 2009
    Event2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2009 - Taipei, Taiwan
    Duration: 24 May 200927 May 2009

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
    ISSN (Print)0271-4310

    Conference

    Conference2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2009
    Country/TerritoryTaiwan
    CityTaipei
    Period24/05/0927/05/09

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