A Micro-Network on Chip with 10-Gb/s Transmission Link

Abstract

In this paper, a micro-network on chip (MNoC) with 10-Gb/s transmission link is proposed. A prototype system with two 5-port packet-based on-chip micro-switches and a 10-Gb/s data transceiver with an all digital data recovery circuit and a self-calibration clock generator are designed. This chip is implemented in 0.13 mu m CMOS technology. The core area of this chip is 990 mu m*1600 mu m and the power consumption is 155mW (60mW for micro-switches and 95mW for 10-Gb/s data transceiver) at 1.2V supply voltage with 10-Gb/s transmission data rate.