Jason Jacobs
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SerDes block diagram: a transmitter with serializer, FFE and driver; a lossy channel; a receiver with CTLE, DFE, slicer, clock and data recovery, and deserializer.
TX
RX
data
Serializer
N : 1
FFE
3-tap
Driver
SST
channel
loss · ISI
CTLE
peaking
Σ
Slicer
sampler
Deserializer
1 : N
data
DFE
taps
CDR
bang-bang
clk
SerDes link
TX → channel → RX
Eye diagram
PRBS7 · NRZ · 2-pole channel · 0.025 UI RJ