A 0.13-/spl mu/m CMOS 5-Gb/s 10-meter 28 AWG cable transceiver with no-feedback-loop continuous-time post-equalizer

Abstract

A 5-Gb/s 10-meter 28 AWG cable transceiver is developed with 0.13-/spl mu/m CMOS technologies. A continuous-time post-equalizer with the novel high-speed analog amplifiers can handle up to 9 dB of frequency-dependent attenuation in cables, and an 18 dB of improvement in the attenuation (27 dB in total) can be also achieved with the novel optimization technique using the pre-emphasis and the post-equalization.