Performance Analysis of a Comparator Based Mixed-Signal Control Loop in 28 nm CMOS

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Abstract

In differential signaling systems using copper wires common mode signals are the cause of emission of electromagnetic energy. Especially in Automotive Ethernet systems this is a challenging problem. Beside classical passive components like common mode chokes active circuits can help to reduce the emission. This allows inexpensive and resource-conserving unshielded twisted pair cables to be used. This paper shows the approach of using a mixed-signal control loop based on a comparator and a 8 bit DAC for regulating the common mode voltage of an Automotive Ethernet DAC in 28 nm CMOS. An attenuation for interferers with frequencies up to 500 kHz is achieved and reaches up to 15 dB at maximum. The control loop utilizes the successive approximation algorithm commonly used for delay locked loops and DC trimming in mixed-signal circuits. In contrast to known applications the performance and usability at higher frequencies is considered in this paper. Being a nonlinear, time-variant system an analytical design of the control loop is very difficult. Therefore parametrical measurements show the dependency of frequency, amplitude and signal form of an applied common mode interferer source.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVLSI-SoC 2019 - 27th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, Proceedings
EditorsCarolina Metzler, Giovanni De Micheli, Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon, Carlos Silva-Cardenas, Ricardo Reis
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages155-158
Number of pages4
ISBN (electronic)978-1-7281-3915-9
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE/IFIP International Conference on VLSI and System-on-Chip, VLSI-SoC
Volume2019-October
ISSN2324-8432

Conference

Title27th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, VLSI-SoC 2019
Duration6 - 9 October 2019
CityCuzco
CountryPeru

Keywords

Keywords

  • Automotive Ethernet, digital control, nonlinear control, successive-approximation-register (SAR)