1 Introduction |
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1.1 Overview of High-Speed Serial Links |
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1.1.1 High-Speed Serial Link System |
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1.1.2 Testing High-Speed Serial Links |
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1.2 Challenges in Testing High-Speed Serial Links |
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1.3 Contributions of the Dissertation |
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2 An Efficient Jitter Measurement Technique |
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2.1 Comparator Undersampling Technique |
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2.2 Random Jitter Measurement |
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2.2.1 Proposed RI Measurement Technique |
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2.2.2 Limitations of the Technique |
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2.3.2 Measurement Results |
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3 BER Estimation for Linear Clock and Data Recovery Circuit |
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3.1 BER Analysis with Random Jitter |
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3.1.2 BER Estimation with Random Jitter |
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3.2 BER Analysis with Random Jitter and Periodic Jitter |
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3.2.1 Jitter Transfer Characteristics of a CDR Circuit |
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3.2.2 BER Estimation with RJ and PJ |
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3.3 BER Analysis Including Intrinsic Noise in the CDR Circuit |
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3.4.2 Hardware Validation Results |
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3.5 Summary and Future Work |
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4 BER Estimation for Non-linear Clock and Data Recovery Circuit |
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4.1 Jitter Analysis for BB CDR Circuits |
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4.1.1 Jitter Transfer Analysis |
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4.1.2 Jitter Tolerance Analysis |
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4.2.1 Variation of Jitter Transfer Due to RJ |
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4.3 Experimental Setup and Results |
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5 Gaps in Timing Margining Test |
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5.1 Timing Margining Test Basics |
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5.2 Gap Analysis in Timing Margining Test |
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5.2.2 PLL-Based Clock Recovery with Non-linear Phase Detector |
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5.2.3 Jitter Amplification |
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5.2.4 Duty Cycle Distortion in Clock |
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5.3 Summary and Future Work |
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6 An Accurate Jitter Estimation Technique |
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6.1 Characteristics of DJ |
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6.1.2 Crosstalk-Induced Jitter |
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6.2 Total Jitter Estimation |
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6.2.1 Estimation Based on Dual-Dirac Model |
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6.2.2 High-Order Polynomial Fitting |
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6.2.3 Accuracy Versus Number of Samples for Fitting |
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7 A Two-Tone Test Method for Continuous-Time Adaptive Equalizers |
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7.1 Continuous-Time Adaptive Equalizer |
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7.2 Proposed Two-Tone Test Method |
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7.2.1 Description of the Test Method |
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7.2.2 Implementation of the Test Method |
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7.3.1 MATLAB Simulation Results |
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7.3.2 Transistor-Level Simulation Results |
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7.4 Summary and Future Work |
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8 Conclusions |
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A Extracting Effective PJ and RJ Components from Jitter Histogram |
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References |
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