Title
Comparative Robustness of CML Phase Detectors for Clock and Data Recovery Circuits
Abstract
In this paper the robustness of CML based phase detectors is analyzed with respect to the scaling of CMOS processes. Phase detectors are an important part of CDR circuits, which enable high-speed serial data links. As CDR circuits are integrated into monolithic CMOS ICs, their robustness becomes critically important. Three phase detectors are analyzed over corners in three standard CMOS processes: 180nm, 130nm and 90nm. The results of the simulations show that the total variation of the static phase offset increases with scaling for all phase detectors. The presence of a static phase offset is mathematically shown to negatively affect the BER of a CDR circuit. The analysis shows that the DFF binary phase detector has an advantage in terms of robustness however it has performance limitations. Both the Alexander and Hogge phase detector experience significant and increasing variations in static phase offset as the technology scales.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/ISQED.2007.50
ISQED
Keywords
Field
DocType
phase detector,cml phase detectors,hogge phase detector experience,dff binary phase detector,static phase,monolithic cmos ics,data recovery circuits,high-speed serial data link,comparative robustness,cdr circuit,standard cmos,important part,performance limitation,data engineering,bit error rate,negative affect,robustness,detectors,synchronisation,ber,phase detection,total variation
Synchronization,Computer science,Electronic engineering,Real-time computing,Robustness (computer science),CMOS,Three-phase,Phase detector,Electronic circuit,Current-mode logic,Detector
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2795-7
5
0.98
References 
Authors
5
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
David Rennie1243.29
Manoj Sachdev266988.45