An S/H circuit with parasitics optimized for IF-sampling

An IF-sampling S/H is presented, which adopts a flip-around structure, bottom-plate sampling technique and improved input bootstrapped switches. To achieve high sampling linearity over a wide input frequency range, the floating well technique is utilized to optimize the input switches. Besides, techniques of transistor load linearization and layout improvement are proposed to further reduce and linearize the parasitic capacitance. The S/H circuit has been fabricated in 0.18-μm CMOS process as the front-end of a 14 bit, 250 MS/s pipeline ADC. For 30 MHz input, the measured SFDR/SNDR of the ADC is 94.7 dB/68. 5dB, which can remain over 84.3 dB/65.4 dB for input frequency up to 400 MHz. The ADC presents excellent dynamic performance at high input frequency, which is mainly attributed to the parasitics optimized S/H circuit.     

一种基于65 nm CMOS工艺的3抽头前馈均衡器

高速串行接口技术是当前高速数据传输的关键技术之一,而前馈均衡器(FFE)是高速串行接口中的重要模块电路。设计了一款工作在40 Gb/s、用于高速串口发送端的前馈均衡器;分析了FFE求和模块、延时模块对均衡效果的影响;采用LC网络作为延时单元,并通过设计闭环反馈控制来控制延时时间,解决了高速均衡电路的延时实现问题。电路采用TSMC 65 nm CMOS工艺进行设计和仿真,后仿真结果表明,在40 Gb/s数据传输时,该3抽头FFE电路具有20 dB的均衡能力;在TT_27 ℃工艺角、1.0 V电源电压下,电路功耗为51.52 mW。     

采用负电容结构的新型CTLE均衡器设计

随着数据传输的速率不断提高,信道对数据的损耗愈发严重,采用传统的连续时间线性均衡器(CTLE)对信号的均衡补偿已无法抵消信道对信号的严重衰减.为了更好地补偿衰减,对传统的CTLE均衡器做了进一步的改进,提出了基于负电容的新型CTLE.在传统的CTLE基础上,使用两个交叉耦合的MOS管构成负电容,将其叠加在传统一级CTL...