A circuit to synchronize high speed serial communication channel

Mrinal J. Sarmah, Syed Azeemuddin

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Abstract

Channel bonding is a mechanism deployed to synchronize serial communication channels of higher data rate and bandwidth applications. Application that demands higher bandwidth, for example 400G Ethernet, it is not possible to achieve such massive rate using single high speed serial IO channel and aggregating multiple communication-links as a single communication channel makes such ultra-high speed realizable. One challenge that is faced in aggregating communication links is elimination of serial data skew introduced by non-identical trace length of the serial links. Various techniques exist to de-skew lanes in the receive side of the high speed serial transceiver. This paper presents a novel approach to channel bonding that optimizes area, power, initialization time and yields better performance. The idea discussed here is based on a delay based model and explores the possibility of performing channel bonding in a centralized way rather than a distributed way.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT 2014
EditorsJialin Chen, Yuichiro Shibata, Lingli Wang, Hayden Kwok-Hay So, Yuchun Ma, Wenbo Yin
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages239-242
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479962457
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event13th International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT 2014 - Shanghai, China
Duration: Dec 10 2014Dec 12 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT 2014

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period12/10/1412/12/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications

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