Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICM.2007.4497722
