Paper Authors: Xiaoteng Zhao, Yong Chen, Lin Wang, Pui‑In Mak, Franco Maloberti, Rui P. Martins
Author Affiliations: University of Macau, China
*3rd Place* Paper Title: A Sub-0.25pJ/Bit 47.6-to-58.8Gb/s Reference-Less FD-Less Single-Loop PAM-4 Bang-Bang CDR with a Deliberately-Current-Mismatch Frequency Acquisition Technique in 28nm CMOS