TY - JOUR
T1 - Constant current power transmission line-based power delivery network for single-ended signaling
AU - Huh, Suzanne Lynn
AU - Swaminathan, Madhavan
AU - Keezer, David
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received December 22, 2010; revised April 4, 2011; accepted May 19, 2011. Date of publication July 12, 2011; date of current version November 18, 2011. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Award ECCS-0967134.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - The performance of a system depends heavily on the communication speed between integrated circuits. One of the most important bottlenecks that limit the communication speed is simultaneous switching noise (SSN). A major contribution to SSN is return path discontinuities, which are caused by the change or disruption in return currents due to via transitions, aperture effects, etc. In this paper, a new concept based on power transmission line (PTL) is proposed to supply power, improve signal and power integrity, and enhance chip-to-chip communication speed. The first demonstration of constant current PTL (CCPTL)-based single-ended signaling scheme is implemented and measured. The results show that the CCPTL scheme improves the quality of the received signal in terms of voltage and timing margin.
AB - The performance of a system depends heavily on the communication speed between integrated circuits. One of the most important bottlenecks that limit the communication speed is simultaneous switching noise (SSN). A major contribution to SSN is return path discontinuities, which are caused by the change or disruption in return currents due to via transitions, aperture effects, etc. In this paper, a new concept based on power transmission line (PTL) is proposed to supply power, improve signal and power integrity, and enhance chip-to-chip communication speed. The first demonstration of constant current PTL (CCPTL)-based single-ended signaling scheme is implemented and measured. The results show that the CCPTL scheme improves the quality of the received signal in terms of voltage and timing margin.
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U2 - 10.1109/TEMC.2011.2159980
DO - 10.1109/TEMC.2011.2159980
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:81955160823
SN - 0018-9375
VL - 53
SP - 1050
EP - 1064
JO - IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
JF - IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
IS - 4
M1 - 5948425
ER -