Abstract: A receiver for a serial data link, including an analog front end (AFE) including a continuous-time linear equalizer (CTLE) configured to receive an input signal from a transmitter, the CTLE including a first output node; a second output node; a plurality of programmable tail current sources configured to adjust a direct current (DC) offset between the first output node and the second output node; and a calibration circuit including: a slicer configured to output a difference between a first average output voltage corresponding to the first output node and a second average output, voltage corresponding to the second output node; and a calibration counter configured to increment or decrement an offset count based on the difference, wherein the plurality of programmable tail current sources are adjusted based on a value of the offset count.

Abstract: A receiver for a serial data link, including an analog front end (AFE) including a continuous-time linear equalizer (CTLE) configured to receive an input signal from a transmitter, the CTLE including a first output node; a second output node; a plurality of programmable tail current sources configured to adjust a direct current (DC) offset between the first output node and the second output node; and a calibration circuit including: a slicer configured to output a difference between a first average output voltage corresponding to the first output node and a second average output, voltage corresponding to the second output node; and a calibration counter configured to increment or decrement an offset count based on the difference, wherein the plurality of programmable tail current sources are adjusted based on a value of the offset count.

Abstract: An analog front end (AFE) circuit including: a continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE) circuit; a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) connected to the CTLE circuit; and a feedback circuit including: a first transistor connected between a first output of the feedback circuit and a first node connected to a first current source; a second transistor connected between a second output of the feedback circuit and a second node connected to a second current source; and a first tunable resistor coupled between the first node and the second node, wherein: a first input of the feedback circuit is connected to a first output of the TIA; a second input of the feedback circuit is connected to a second output of the TIA; the second output of the feedback circuit is connected to a first input of the TIA.

Abstract: A circuital system that includes a differential low-pass filter having a differential output and operable in a first voltage domain. Some embodiments include a differential integrator including a differential input and a differential output, and operable in a second voltage domain different from the first voltage domain. Some embodiments include a pair of AC coupling capacitors coupling the differential output of the differential low-pass filter to the differential input of the differential integrator.

Abstract: A device includes a first compensation circuit configured to adjust an analog front end (AFE) output to generate a first adjusted AFE output, a first data slicer configured to output a first voltage based on the first adjusted AFE output. The first compensation circuit includes a first path between a voltage source and a ground, including a first transistor, a first adjustable current source, a first input voltage node configured to receive the AFE output, and a first output voltage node coupled to the first data slicer, a second path between the voltage source and the ground, including a second transistor, a second adjustable current source, a second input voltage node configured to receive the AFE output, and a second output voltage node coupled to the second data slicer, and a configurable resistance resistor and a configurable capacitance capacitor coupled in parallel across the first path and the second path.

Abstract: A circuital system that includes a differential low-pass filter having a differential output and operable in a first voltage domain. Some embodiments include a differential integrator including a differential input and a differential output, and operable in a second voltage domain different from the first voltage domain. Some embodiments include a pair of AC coupling capacitors coupling the differential output of the differential low-pass filter to the differential input of the differential integrator.

Abstract: Disclosed are self-powering biofuel cell and sensor devices, systems and techniques. In some aspects, a self-powered biosensing system includes an electronic circuit; an anode including an enzymatic layer electrically coupled to a power supply voltage terminal of the electronic circuit and configured to interact with an analyte in a fluid, such as glucose or lactate; and a cathode electrically coupled to a ground voltage terminal of the electronic circuit, where the electronic circuit is operable to control and use the electrical energy generated at the anode and cathode for powering the biosensing system and detecting a concentration of the analyte in the fluid.

Abstract: A circuital system that includes a differential low-pass filter having a differential output and operable in a first voltage domain. Some embodiments include a differential integrator including a differential input and a differential output, and operable in a second voltage domain different from the first voltage domain. Some embodiments include a pair of AC coupling capacitors coupling the differential output of the differential low-pass filter to the differential input of the differential integrator.

Abstract: Disclosed are self-powering biofuel cell and sensor devices, systems and techniques. In some aspects, a self-powered biosensing system includes an electronic circuit; an anode including an enzymatic layer electrically coupled to a power supply voltage terminal of the electronic circuit and configured to interact with an analyte in a fluid, such as glucose or lactate; and a cathode electrically coupled to a ground voltage terminal of the electronic circuit, where the electronic circuit is operable to control and use the electrical energy generated at the anode and cathode for powering the biosensing system and detecting a concentration of the analyte in the fluid.