Connections 2007
 
Talk 2.4: 9:30AM–10:45AM

Session Name: Advances in Integrated Circuit Design
Session Time: 9:30AM–10:45AM
Author Name: Farsheed Mahmoudi
Author Email: mahmoudi@eecg.utoronto.ca
Talk Title: 80 Gs/s CMOS ADC
Slides: 2-4.ppt
Abstract: This work targets the design and implementation of a CMOS analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for 40Gb/s fiber optic applications. In fiber optic systems operating at high data rate of 40Gbps, the main challenge in the implementation of digital equalization techniques reside in the design of the ADC. Achieving high input bandwidth and reasonable resolution under low supply voltages of modern CMOS technologies, and maintaining power consumption at reasonable levels, are among the main design challenges. In this talk, possible architectures for 4-6 bit 80Gs/s ADCs will be discussed.
Research Group: Electronics
Degree Program: Ph.D.
Author Bio: Farsheed Mahmoudi received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. His research interests include the design of high speed analog and RF circuits for wireless and wireline applications.