Title
A 5-Gb/s Inductorless CMOS Adaptive Equalizer for PCI Express Generation II Applications
Abstract
This brief presents a 5-Gb/s adaptive equalizer that compensates for the PCI Express channel loss of 14 dB at 2.5 GHz. This equalizing filter uses low-voltage zero generators (LVZGs) to generate high-frequency gain boosting without inductors. The spectrum-balancing technique eliminates the need for a slicer. The power detector combines current steering techniques and a preamplifier circuit to enhance the voltage swing. This design consumes 17.6 mW (excluding the output buffers) at a 1.6-V supply voltage with an output swing of 560 mV (p-p). The area occupied is 0.1 (including output buffers), and the output peak-to-peak jitter is 0.28 UI. The equalizer achieves high-frequency compensation, small area, and low power consumption.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/TCSII.2010.2047311
IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
peak to peak jitter,small area,cmos integrated circuits,voltage 560 mv,low power consumption,power consumption,current steering techniques,5-gb/s inductorless cmos adaptive equalizer,pci express generation,power detector,bit rate 5 gbit/s,voltage 1.6 v,jitter,output peak-to-peak jitter,low-power electronics,spectral analysis,pci express generation ii applications,high-frequency gain,equalizing filter,power 17.6 mw,inductorless,high-speed serial links,low voltage zero generator,high frequency gain boosting,output swing,frequency 2.5 ghz,spectrum balancing technique,adaptive equalizer,supply voltage,peripheral interfaces,preamplifier circuit,adaptive equalisers,output buffer,cmos adaptive equalizer,ii application,high-frequency compensation,low power electronics,low voltage,detectors,spectrum,high frequency,preamplifiers,circuits,inductors,voltage,boosting
Preamplifier,Inductor,Electronic engineering,CMOS,Adaptive equalizer,Jitter,PCI Express,Electronic circuit,Electrical engineering,Mathematics,Low-power electronics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
57
5
1549-7747
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
1.15
7
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kuo-hsing Cheng132577.87
Yu-Chang Tsai2333.68
Yen-Hsueh Wu3111.83
Ying-Fu Lin4111.49