TY - GEN
T1 - A 40 Gb/s PAM-4 Receiver with 2-Tap DFE Based on Automatically Non-Even Level Tracking
AU - Hung, Chia Tse
AU - Huang, Yu Ping
AU - Chen, Wei-Zen
PY - 2018/12/14
Y1 - 2018/12/14
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A 40 Gb/s PAM-4 receiver comprised of a continuous-time linear equalizer (CTLE) and 2-tap decision-feedback equalizers (DFE) based on a novel level tracking circuit (ANLT) is proposed. A sign-sign LMS engine is embedded for the DFE and ANLT coefficients adaptation to accommodate different channel loss. The ANLT is capable of automatically tracking a non-evenly spaced PAM-4 signal, allowing the receiver to demodulate a distorted input with 2-bit flash ADCs. Fabricated in a TSMC 40nm CMOS technology, the whole receiver consumes 241.8 mW at 40 Gb/s operation. Core area is 0.274mm
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A 40 Gb/s PAM-4 receiver comprised of a continuous-time linear equalizer (CTLE) and 2-tap decision-feedback equalizers (DFE) based on a novel level tracking circuit (ANLT) is proposed. A sign-sign LMS engine is embedded for the DFE and ANLT coefficients adaptation to accommodate different channel loss. The ANLT is capable of automatically tracking a non-evenly spaced PAM-4 signal, allowing the receiver to demodulate a distorted input with 2-bit flash ADCs. Fabricated in a TSMC 40nm CMOS technology, the whole receiver consumes 241.8 mW at 40 Gb/s operation. Core area is 0.274mm
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KW - automatically non-even level tracking (ANLT)
KW - continuous-time linear equalizer (CTLE)
KW - decision-feedback equalizer (DFE)
KW - Pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM)
KW - sign-sign least mean square (SS-LMS)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060467174&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ASSCC.2018.8579300
DO - 10.1109/ASSCC.2018.8579300
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060467174
T3 - 2018 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2018 - Proceedings
SP - 213
EP - 214
BT - 2018 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2018 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2018
Y2 - 5 November 2018 through 7 November 2018
ER -