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A 42-Gb/s PAM-3 Transmitter With a CML Driver and a Dual-Mode Encoder for Process-Variation-Tolerant Middle-Level Generation

A 42-Gb/s PAM-3 Transmitter With a CML Driver and a Dual-Mode Encoder for Process-Variation-Tolerant Middle-Level Generation 150 150

Abstract:

This letter presents a 42-Gb/s differential pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM-3) transmitter using a current-mode logic (CML) driver and a dual-mode 3B2T encoder for process-variation-tolerant middle-level (M-level) generation. The encoder selects between two M-level encoding schemes to compensate for load-resistor and driver-current-path mismatches with minimal logic overhead, reducing the standard …

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Modern Wireline Transceivers

Modern Wireline Transceivers 150 150

Abstract:

Over the past two decades, ever-increasing network bandwidth (BW) demands in data centers and high-performance computing systems have fueled exponential growth in per-lane serial link data rates. To keep up with this demand and enable faster communication over BW-limited electrical channels, wireline transceiver architectures and circuit topologies have rapidly evolved …

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A Machine Learning-Inspired PAM-4 Transceiver for Medium-Reach Wireline Links

A Machine Learning-Inspired PAM-4 Transceiver for Medium-Reach Wireline Links 150 150

Abstract:

This article presents an energy-efficient machine learning-inspired PAM-4 wireline transceiver that leverages data encoding at the transmitter (Tx) and feature extraction with classification at the receiver (Rx) to compensate for channel loss ranging from 13 to 26 dB, while maintaining the bit error rate (BER)<10-11. A new consecutive symbol-to-center (CSC) encoding …

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