A 0.55 V 10 fJ/bit inductive-coupling data link and 0.7 V 135 fJ/cycle clock link with dual-coil transmission scheme

Noriyuki Miura, Tsunaaki Shidei, Yuxiang Yuan, Shusuke Kawai, Keita Takatsu, Yuji Kiyota, Yuichi Asano, Tadahiro Kuroda

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    Abstract

    This paper presents a 10 fJ/bit inductive-coupling data link operating at 0.55 V supply voltage and a 135 fJ/cycle clock link at 0.7 V supply voltage. A dual-coil transmission scheme reduces the number of stacked transistors in a transmitter, enabling low-voltage and hence low-power operation. A test chip is fabricated in 65 nm CMOS whose nominal supply voltage is 1.2 V. A data rate of 1.1 Gb/s and a clock rate of 3.3 GHz, both with an error rate < 10 -12, are achieved at 0.55 V and 0.7 V supply voltage, respectively.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number5720524
    Pages (from-to)965-973
    Number of pages9
    JournalIEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
    Volume46
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011 Apr

    Keywords

    • Inductive coupling
    • chip stacking
    • low power
    • three dimensional

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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