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Yufeng Ge, Ziqi Xue, Xuanyu Li, Aoxuan Wen, Hongzhi Wu, Pingyi Cai, Xuxu Cheng, Quan Pan. Trends and advanced techniques in high-speed simultaneous bi-directional transceivers for die-to-die interfaces[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2026, In Press. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/26040030
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Y F Ge, Z Q Xue, X Y Li, A X Wen, H Z Wu, P Y Cai, X X Cheng, and Q Pan, Trends and advanced techniques in high-speed simultaneous bi-directional transceivers for die-to-die interfaces[J]. J. Semicond., 2026, accepted doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/26040030
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Trends and advanced techniques in high-speed simultaneous bi-directional transceivers for die-to-die interfaces
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/26040030
CSTR: 32376.14.1674-4926.26040030
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Yufeng Ge received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), Xi’an, China, in 2022 and 2025, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. His current research interests include high-speed SerDes design and memory interface.
Ziqi Xue is currently an undergraduate student in the School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. Her research interests include mixed-signal clocking systems and analog front-ends for high-speed wireline transceivers.
Xuanyu Li is currently an undergraduate student in the School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. His research interests include high-speed wireline receivers and optical receivers.
Aoxuan Wen is currently an undergraduate student in the School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. His research interests include high-speed and mixed-signal integrated circuit design.
Hongzhi Wu (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in communication engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, in 2020, and the Ph.D. degree from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China, in 2025. His research interests include high-speed wireline transceivers and low-power equalizers.
Pingyi Cai received the B.S. degree from Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, in 2021. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. His current research interests focus on high-speed receiver circuit design.
Xuxu Cheng (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree from Wuhan University,Wuhan, China, in 2018, and the M.S. degree in electronic and communication engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2021. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. His current research interests include high-speed transceiver circuit design.
Quan Pan (Senior Member, IEEE) received B.S. degree in electrical engineering (EE) from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, in 2005, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and computer engineering (ECE) from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, China, in 2014. From 2014 to 2018, he was a Senior Staff Engineer at one Silicon Valley start-up company, working on 400-GbE high-speed SerDes. He joined the School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China, in 2018, as an Assistant Professor, where he is currently a Full Professor with early promotions. He has contributed more than 90 peer-reviewed articles. His research interests include high-speed optical and wireline circuit design. Dr. Pan received the 2017 Outstanding Young Author Award of IEEE Circuits and System Society. He serves as an Active Reviewer for many international journals, including JSSC, TCAS, TVLSI, JLT, PTL, and JoS.
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