A 900-Mbit/s CMOS Data Recovery DLL using Half-Frequency Clock This publication appears in: IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Authors: X. Maillard, M. Kuijk and F. Devisch Volume: 37 Pages: 711-715 Publication Date: Jun. 2002
Abstract: A data recovery delay-locked loop (DLL) for non-return-to-zero (NRZ) data transmission is described. A reference clock is delayed for triggering a latch that samples the incoming NRZ data stream. The data rate can be twice the reference clock frequency. The circuit has a proportional nondead-zone sampling phase detector that also serves the role of charge pump. A self-correcting function reduces the problem of the finite phase capture range associated with conventional DLLs. The prototype circuit is fabricated in 2.5-V 0.25-mum CMOS and occupies an area of only 270 x 50 mum(2). It is demonstrated that at 900-Mb/s NRZ data, jitter is reduced from 118.2- to 31.3-ps rms jitter for a power consumption of only 3 mW External Link.
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