Title
A 4.1 pJ/b 25.6 Gb/s 4-PAM reduced-state sliding-block Viterbi detector in 14 nm CMOS.
Abstract
The implementation of a digital four-level pulse-amplitude-modulation reduced-state sliding-block Viterbi detector (VD) with two substates and two embedded per-survivor decision-feedback taps operating at one-eighth of the modulation rate is described. Implemented in an experimental chip fabricated in 14nm CMOS, the VD is designed to recover data at 25.6 Gb/s over an emulated time-dispersive channel. The power consumption of the VD together with the test circuitry is 105mW at a supply of 0.7V, achieving an overall energy efficiency of 4.1 pJ/b. At a supply of 0.8V, a data rate of 30.4 Gb/s is achieved with an energy efficiency of 5.3 pJ/b. The VD occupies an area of 0.507 +/- 0.717mm(2). Experimental results showing system performance are obtained using a (2(15)-1)-bit pseudo-random binary sequence. The impact on the bit error rate of the synchronization length for block initialization is also measured.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
Proceedings of the European Solid-State Circuits Conference
Synchronization,Computer science,Pseudorandom binary sequence,Communication channel,CMOS,Electronic engineering,Chip,Modulation,Detector,Bit error rate
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
1930-8833
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
13
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hazar Yueksel174.15
Matthias Braendli215824.28
A. Burg31426126.54
Giovanni Cherubini4529.18
Roy D. Cideciyan5193.71
Pier Andrea Francese613825.33
Simeon Furrer701.69
Marcel A. Kossel817933.86
Lukas Kull914118.63
Danny Luu10167.55
Christian Menolfi1124541.54
Thomas Morf1224442.54
Thomas Toifl1327548.02