A 7.5Gb/s 10-Tap DFE Receiver with First Tap Partial Response, Spectrally Gated Adaptation, and 2nd-Order Data-Filtered CDR

A 7.5Gb/s receiver has a 3-level DFE architecture to satisfy feedback timing requirements for 10 post-cursor taps. The receiver includes a second-order CDR with partial-response transition data filtering as well as a spectrally gated adaptation engine to prevent equalization updates during poor data patterns. The receiver consumes 136mW in a 90nm CMOS process