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Self-Refereed On-Chip Jitter Measurement Circuit Using Vernier Oscillators
Tampa, Florida May 11-May 12
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Tian Xia, University of Vermont
Hao Zheng, University of South Florida
Jing Li, IBM Microelectronics Division
Ahmed Ginawi, IBM Microelectronics Division
Among many recently proposed on-chip jitter measurement designs, vernier delay line (VDL) is one of the most widely adopted methods that can achieve fine resolution. However, there are two major design challenges: the first is the mismatching of delay buffers; the second is the unavailability of an on-chip jitter free reference signal. To overcome these two challenges, we propose a self-refereed on-chip jitter measurement circuit. This measurement circuit eliminates the requirement to a jitter free reference signal. In addition, it utilizes vernier oscillators to alleviate the mismatching effect in vernier lines. Using this design, the jitter distribution and jitter RMS value can be characterized. To validate the design, the circuit has been implemented using IBM 7HP 0.18um CMOS technology.
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Tian Xia, Hao Zheng, Jing Li, Ahmed Ginawi, "Self-Refereed On-Chip Jitter Measurement Circuit Using Vernier Oscillators," isvlsi, pp.218-223, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI: New Frontiers in VLSI Design (ISVLSI'05), 2005
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