This paper proposes using a 3-bit ADC to blindly sample the received data from a channel with 20 dB loss at Nyquist at 3 the baud rate. By moving from 2 to 3 sampling, we reduce the required ADC resolution from 5-bit to 3-bit, thereby reducing the overall power consumption by a factor of 2. Measurements from our test chip fabricated in Fujitsu's 65 nm CMOS show a high frequency jitter tolerance of 0.25 UIpp for a 5 Gb/s PRBS31 with a 60 FR4 channel.
Index Terms-ADC-based CDR, blind-sampling CDR, clock and data recovery, feed-forward CDR.1549-8328