A 33mW 12.5Gbps BiCMOS transmitter for high speed backplane applications

  • Authors:
  • Khaldoon Abugharbieh;Yongseon Koh;Shoba Krishnan;Jitendra Mohan

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Microelectronics Journal
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

This paper describes a 12.5Gbps voltage mode transmitter with a high speed signal conditioning capability. Using a linear equalizer that is followed by a power efficient output stage, the transmitter achieves pre-emphasis at very low power consumption. In measurements, the transmitter can reliably transmit a 12.5Gbps PRBS7 signal through a lossy 14in. FR4 stripline commonly used in backplanes. It achieves a peak to peak jitter of 24ps, a differential eye opening amplitude of 120mV, and a maximum common mode ripple of 40mV. The proposed topology consumes 33mW at-speed power which includes both the output stage and the linear equalizer. It also passes 8KV HBM ESD testing without compromising the high speed capability. The transmitter is fabricated in a 130nm BiCMOS technology with 100GHz maximum f"t and packaged in a commercial leadless leadframe package.