Reaching a power efficiency of 1mW/Gb/s has proven difficult for wireline transceivers operating at tens of gigabits per second. At 40Gb/s, recent receivers consume from 150mW [1] to 1W [2]. This paper describes a receiver that achieves a tenfold reduction in power and an efficiency of 0.35mW/Gb/s.
['Abishek Manian', 'Behzad Razavi']
23.8 A 40Gb/s 14mW CMOS wireline receiver