Equalization and near-end crosstalk (NEXT) noise cancellation for 20-Gb/s 4-PAM backplane serial I/O interconnections

Autor: M. Maeng, Youngsik Hur, Hyoungsoo Kim, J. Laskar, S. Chandramouli, Edward Gebara, C. Chun, Franklin Bien
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 53:246-255
ISSN: 0018-9480
DOI: 10.1109/tmtt.2004.839311
Popis: Limitations in current backplane environments impede high-speed data transmission above 5 Gb/s. A system architecture to extend the transmission capacities of legacy backplanes is proposed. The incentives for using a four-level pulse amplitude modulation (4-PAM) scheme are also presented. The architecture is built from feed-forward equalizer and tunable filter elements for near-end crosstalk noise cancellation. Each of the circuits is implemented in a standard 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS process. The building blocks of the architecture, which include an LC ladder, a modified Gilbert-cell multiplier with improved headroom, and a tunable active high-pass filter are described in detail. Results of the architecture are shown demonstrating 20-Gb/s 4-PAM signal transmission.
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