A 48-Gb/s Inductorless PAM-4 Optical Receiver With 1.28-pJ/bit Efficiency in 28-nm CMOS https://sscs.ieee.org/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8fcdccb598784519a6037b6f80b02dee03caa773fc8d223c13bfce179d70f915?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Abstract:
This work presents a 48-Gb/s four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) optical receiver (ORX) with a linear analog front-end (AFE) and an integrated sampler. The AFE employs a transadmittance-stage transimpedance-stage (TAS-TIS) topology, replacing conventional CML-based variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) and post-amplifiers, avoiding continuous-time linear equalizers and passive inductors while preserving …