Title :
A simultaneous tri-band on-chip RF-interconnect for future network-on-chip
Author :
Tam, Sai-Wang ; Socher, Eran ; Wong, Alden ; Chang, Mau-Chung Frank
Author_Institution :
Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, 64-127 Engr. IV Bldg 420 Westwood Plaza, USA
Abstract :
A simultaneous tri-band on-chip RF-interconnect for future network on-chip is demonstrated. Two RF bands in mm-wave frequencies, 30GHz and 50GHz, are modulated using amplitude-shift keying, while the base-band utilizes the low swing capacitive coupling technique. Each RF-Band and base-band carries 4Gbps and 2Gbps respectively. Three different bands, up to 10Gbps, are transmitted simultaneously across a shared 5mm on-chip differential transmission line. The energy per bit is 0.125pJ/b/mm in base-band, while RF-band is 0.09pJ/b/mm.
Keywords :
Amplitude modulation; Amplitude shift keying; Baseband; Delay; Integrated circuit interconnections; Network-on-a-chip; RF signals; Radio frequency; Switches; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Amplitude-shift keying; Chip Multi-Processor; Multi-band; Network-On-Chip; RF-Interconnect; mm-Wave;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits, 2009 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto, Japan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3307-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-86348-001-8
