A 20Gb/s 79.5mW 127GHz CMOS transceiver with digitally pre-distorted PAM-4 modulation for contactless communications

Yanghyo Kim, Boyu Hu, Yuan Du, Adrian Tang, Huan Neng Chen, Chewnpu Jou, Jason Cong, Tatsuo Itoh, Mau Chung Frank Chang

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Abstract

Contactless chip-to-chip or board-to-board proximity (∼1mm) communications have been realized by using either wireless transmission [1-3], or inductive/capacitive coupling schemes [4-6]. However, their practical deployments in consumer electronics are currently limited because of bandwidth-density-inefficient OOK/ASK-only modulations [1-3], process/voltage/temperature sensitive carrier-recovery-less coherent detection [1], and large coupler footprint (6∼10mm2) for meeting bandwidth requirements [1], [4-6]. To overcome such challenges, the demonstrated contactless communication system employs a 127GHz CMOS transceiver to concurrently increase the coupling bandwidth and reduce coupling antenna size. Furthermore, a PAM-4 modulator with digital pre-distortion (DPD) in the transmitter (TX) and an envelope detecting non-coherent receiver (RX) are designed to further scale the bandwidth and eliminate carrier recovery circuitry, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2018
Pages278-280
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781509049394
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Mar 2018
Event65th IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2018 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 11 Feb 201815 Feb 2018

Publication series

NameDigest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
Volume61
ISSN (Print)0193-6530

Conference

Conference65th IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period11/02/1815/02/18

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