Processors White Papers
Stochastic Modeling and Performance Evaluation for Digital Clock and Data Recovery Circuits
Overview Clock and data recovery circuits are essential components in communication systems. They directly influence the bit-error-rate performance of communication links. It is desirable to predict the rate of occasional detection errors and the loss of synchronization due to the non-ideal operation of such circuits. In high-speed data networks, the bit-error-rate specification on the system can be very stringent, i.e., 10-14. It is not feasible to predict such error rates with straightforward, simulation based, approaches. This work introduces a stochastic model and an efficient, analysis-based, non-Monte-Carlo method for performance evaluation of digital data and clock recovery circuits. The analyzed circuit is modeled as finite state machines with inputs described as functions on a Markov chain state-space. System performance measures, such as probability of bit errors and rate of synchronization loss, can be evaluated through the analysis of a larger resulting Markov system. A dedicated multi-grid method is used to solve the very large associated linear systems. The method is illustrated on a real industrial clock-recovery circuit design.
| Publisher | Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | August 2003 | Downloads | 2 |
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