An Energy-Efficient Equalized Transceiver for RC-Dominant Channels Byungsub Kim S

Abstract

This work describes the architecture and circuit im- plementation of a high-data-rate, energy-efficient equalized trans- ceiver for high-loss dispersive channels, such as RC-limited on-chip interconnects or silicon-carrier packaging modules. The charge-in- jection transmitter directly conducts pre-emphasis current from the supply into the channel, eliminating the power overhead of analog current subtraction in conventional transmit pre-emphasis, while significantly relaxing the driver coefficient a