A 3-mW 25-Gb/s CMOS transimpedance amplifier with fully integrated low-dropout regulator for 100GbE systems

Yipeng Wang, Yan Lu, Quan Pan, Zhengxiong Hou, Liang Wu, Wing Hung Ki, C. Patrick Yue

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/ReportConference Paper published in a bookpeer-review

24 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A novel inverter-based transimpedance amplifier (TIA) employing shunt-shunt inductive feedback and input series peaking is implemented in 65-nm CMOS for 100Gbit Ethernet (100GbE) receivers. The multiple peaking scheme provides an overall bandwidth enhancement ratio of 2.8 to deliver 42-dBQ of gain up to 24 GHz. To suppress the wideband noise from the TIA power supply and to alleviate the loading effect due to the supply bond-wires, a low-dropout regulator (LDO) with full-spectrum power supply rejection (PSR) of at least -12 dB is co-designed and integrated with the TIA. Measurements at 25 Gb/s show that the data eye RMS and peak-to-peak (P-P) jitters are improved by 15% and 24%, respectively, with the LDO enabled. The measured TIA sensitivity is -7.3 dBm at 25 Gb/s with a BER < 10'12 for a 215-1 PRBS optical input. The TIA with LDO consumes 3 mW from a 1.2-V supply.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages275-278
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781479938629
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014 - Tampa Bay, FL, United States
Duration: 1 Jun 20143 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameDigest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
ISSN (Print)1529-2517

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTampa Bay, FL
Period1/06/143/06/14

Keywords

  • 100GbE receiver
  • CMOS transimpedance amplifier (TIA)
  • bandwidth enhancement ratio (PSR)
  • low dropout regulator (LDO)
  • power supply rejection
  • series inductive peaking
  • shunt-shunt inductive feedback

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A 3-mW 25-Gb/s CMOS transimpedance amplifier with fully integrated low-dropout regulator for 100GbE systems'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this