A 3.2pJ/b 0.068pJ/b/dB 25Gb/s NRZ Wireline Transceiver with 3-Tap FFE and Random Forest Classification for Compensating 47dB Loss in 16nm FinFET

作者：Ramin Javadi, Xiaohui Lin, Tejasvi Anand · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.23919/vlsitechnologyandcir65189.2025.11075116 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing、Photonic and Optical Devices、3D IC and TSV technologies

An energy efficient (0.068pJ/b/dB) NRZ wireline transceiver is presented that leverages 3-tap FFE in the transmitter and feature extraction with classification in the receiver for compensating 30dB to 47dB channel loss with BER-11. The proposed random forest classifier learns long-reach channel characteristics enabling the transceiver to achieve 3.2pJ/b at 25Gb/s for compensating 47dB loss.