A Self-Calibrate All-Digital 3Gbps SATA Driver Design

This paper presents an all digital low voltage differential signal (LVDS) driver for serial-ATA (SATA-II) with simultaneous switching noise (SSN) reduction capability. An auto calibration mechanism is included to deal with the process and environmental variation. The chip is implemented using TSMC 0.18-mum 1P6M CMOS technology. The core area is 350times350 mum
²
. The transmitter operates at 3 Gbps under a 1.8V power supply and consumes 11mW of power