Comparison of output drivers for high-speed serial links

Author

Heidar, Dina ; Dessouky, Mohamed ; Ragaie, Hani F.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo

fYear

2007

fDate

29-31 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

329

Lastpage

332

Abstract

A comparison between the performance of a current-mode differential signaling driver and a voltage mode driver for high-speed (HS) serial links is presented. Minimum power consumption, minimum area, minimum added jitter, and maximum immunity to power supply noise are the main figures of merit. Both drivers employ on-chip termination to eliminate reflections and pre-emphasis to reduce inter-symbol-interference (ISI) in order to enhance signal integrity and operating speed. They are implemented in 0.13 mum CMOS process using 1.2-V power supply. Both drivers support multiple output voltages and pre-emphasis ratios.

Keywords

driver circuits; telecommunication links; CMOS process; current-mode differential signaling driver; high-speed serial links; inter-symbol-interference; on-chip termination; operating speed; output driver; signal integrity; voltage mode driver; Attenuation; Crosstalk; Driver circuits; Frequency; Impedance; Low pass filters; Reflection; Resistors; Termination of employment; Voltage; Current-mode driver; SERDES; onchip termination; pre-emphasis; voltage-mode driver;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics, 2007. ICM 2007. Internatonal Conference on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1846-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1847-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICM.2007.4497722

Filename

4497722