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RF-ESDISSCC2004/SESSION26/OPTICALANDFASTI/O/26.626.640Gb/sAmplifierandESDProtectionCircuitin0.18mCMOSTechnologySherifGalal,BehzadRazaviUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,CAOpticalsystemsoperatingat40Gb/srequirebroadbandamplifiersandESDprotectioncircuitsinboththereceiveandtransmitpaths.Thispaperdescribesanamplifierdesignthatcanprecedeorfollowanequalizerinthereceiveroractasapredriverinthetransmitterfrontend.AnESDcircuitisalsopresentedthatcanbeusedforinputoroutputnodesof40Gb/scircuits.Whiledistributedcircuitshavebeenconsideredasanattractivecandidateforhigh-speedamplification,severalissuesmaketheirrealizationinCMOStechnologydifficult.First,sincethebiascurrentsofallstagesfl……