A CMOS SoC for 56/18/16 CD/DVD-dual/RAM applications

A SoC, integrating RF/AFE and 1.5 Gb/s SATA PHY, is presented. It supports 471 Mb/s bit-rate at 18timesS DVD. A partial parity mode reduces SDRAM bandwidth. A power control mode minimizes system clock rate. The SoC has 10M transistors, occupies 5.4 times 5.1 mm
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in 0.18 mm CMOS process, and consumes 772 mW during 16timesS DVD read