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A 40Gb/s CDR with Adaptive Decision-Point Control Using Eye-Opening-Monitor Feedback


Abstract:

In high-speed data link systems of over 40Gb/s, the data decision point in the CDR circuit is not often the optimum position of the eye diagram. The CDR circuit is fabric...Show More

Abstract:

In high-speed data link systems of over 40Gb/s, the data decision point in the CDR circuit is not often the optimum position of the eye diagram. The CDR circuit is fabricated using a 0.18 mum SiGe BiCMOS process. The ft and fmax are 200 GHz and 180 GHz, respectively. To overcome a severe degradation of BER performance due to this misalignment, a 40 Gb/s CDR circuit integrated with an adaptive decision-point control scheme by using an eye-opening monitor feedback is developed. The key approaches are 40 Gb/s high-precision eye-opening monitor (EOM) circuit to detect an optimum decision point, an adaptive decision-point control (ADPC) scheme by using the EOM feedback, a decision- point adjustable self-aligned phase detector to achieve the ADPC operation. The combination of these approaches improves both the BER performance and the stability of CDR operation.
Date of Conference: 03-07 February 2008
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 09 January 2009
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Conference Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

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