Sanquan Song ![](/sites/default/files/person/sanquan-song.jpg) Sanquan Song joined NVIDIA Research in 2015. He completed his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His area of research is high-speed links for high-speed computing and analog/mixed signal circuits. He has previously worked at Samsung Display America Lab from 2013 to 2015, focusing on the SerDes for large display panels; and at Intel Hudson from 2010 to 2013, developing DDR/VMSE PHY on Intel server chips. Research Area(s) [Circuits and VLSI Design](/index.php/research-area/circuits) ### Publications ### 2024 [A 0.190-pJ/bit 25.2-Gb/s/wire Inverter-Based AC-Coupled Transceiver for Short-Reach Die-to-Die Interfaces in 5-nm CMOS](/publication/2024-04_0190-pjbit-252-gbswire-inverter-based-ac-coupled-transceiver-short-reach-die) [Yoshinori Nishi](/person/yoshi-nishi), John W. Poulton, [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC) (Volume: 59, Issue: 4, April 2024)](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10185334) ### 2023 [A 0.190-pJ/bit 25.2-Gb/s/wire Inverter-Based AC-Coupled Transceiver for Short-Reach Die-to-Die Interfaces in 5-nm CMOS](/publication/2023-06_0190-pjbit-252-gbswire-inverter-based-ac-coupled-transceiver-short-reach-die) [Yoshinori Nishi](/person/yoshi-nishi), John W. Poulton, [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [2023 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI TECHNOLOGY & CIRCUITS](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10185334) [A 0.297-pJ/Bit 50.4-Gb/s/Wire Inverter-Based Short-Reach Simultaneous Bi-Directional Transceiver for Die-to-Die Interface in 5-nm CMOS](/publication/2023-04_0297-pjbit-504-gbswire-inverter-based-short-reach-simultaneous-bi-directional) [Yoshinori Nishi](/person/yoshi-nishi), John W. Poulton, [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits ( Volume: 58, Issue: 4, April 2023)](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10011563) ### 2022 [A 0.297-pJ/bit 50.4-Gb/s/wire Inverter-Based Short-Reach Simultaneous Bidirectional Transceiver for Die-to-Die Interface in 5nm CMOS](/publication/2022-06_0297-pjbit-504-gbswire-inverter-based-short-reach-simultaneous-bidirectional) [Yoshinori Nishi](/person/yoshi-nishi), John W. Poulton, [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [2022 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI TECHNOLOGY & CIRCUITS](https://archive.vlsisymposium.org/22web/about/) [AutoCRAFT: Layout Automation for Custom Circuits in Advanced FinFET Technologies](/index.php/publication/2022-03_autocraft-layout-automation-custom-circuits-advanced-finfet-technologies) Hao Chen, [Walker Turner](/index.php/person/walker-turner), [Sanquan Song](/index.php/person/sanquan-song), Keren Zhu, George Kokai, [Brian Zimmer](/index.php/person/brian-zimmer), [Tom Gray](/index.php/person/tom-gray), [Brucek Khailany](/index.php/person/brucek-khailany), Mark Haoxing Ren [International Symposium on Physical Design 2022](https://ispd.cc/ispd2022/slides/ispd2022.html) ### 2020 [Reference-Noise Compensation Scheme for Single- Ended Package-to-Package Links](/publication/2020-02_reference-noise-compensation-scheme-single-ended-package-package-links) [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Sudhir Kudva](/person/sudhir-kudva), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Trey Greer](/person/trey-greer), John Poulton, [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [2020 International Solid-State Circuits Conference](http://isscc.org/) ### 2019 [Voltage-Follower Coupling Quadrature Oscillator with Embedded Phase-Interpolator in 16nm FinFET](/index.php/publication/2019-04_voltage-follower-coupling-quadrature-oscillator-embedded-phase-interpolator) [Xi Chen](/index.php/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/index.php/person/sanquan-song), John Poulton, [Nikola Nedovic](/index.php/person/nikola-nedovic), [Brian Zimmer](/index.php/person/brian-zimmer), [Stephen Tell](/index.php/person/stephen-tell), [Tom Gray](/index.php/person/tom-gray) [IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference 2019](http://ieee-cicc.org/) [A 1.17-pJ/b, 25-Gb/s/pin Ground-Referenced Single-Ended Serial Link for Off- and On-Package Communication Using a Process- and Temperature-Adaptive Voltage Regulator](/publication/2019-01_117-pjb-25-gbspin-ground-referenced-single-ended-serial-link-and-package) John Poulton, [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sudhir Kudva](/person/sudhir-kudva), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), Wenxu Zhao, Sunil Sudhakaran, [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray), [William Dally](/person/william-dally) IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS ### 2018 [Ground-Referenced Signaling for Intra-Chip and Short-Reach Chip-to-Chip Interconnects](/publication/2018-04_ground-referenced-signaling-intra-chip-and-short-reach-chip-chip-interconnects) [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), John Poulton, [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Matt Fojtik](/person/matt-fojtik), [Trey Greer](/person/trey-greer), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [Sudhir Kudva](/person/sudhir-kudva), Sunil Sudhakaran, Rizwan Bashirullah, Wenxu Zhao, [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) Custom Integrated Circuits Conference [A Switching Linear Regulator Based on a Fast-Self-Clocked Comparator with Very Low Probability of Meta-stability and a Parallel Analog Ripple Control Module](/publication/2018-04_switching-linear-regulator-based-fast-self-clocked-comparator-very-low) [Sudhir Kudva](/person/sudhir-kudva), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), John Poulton, [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), Wenxu Zhao, [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) Custom Integrated Circuits Conference [A 1.17pJ/b 25Gb/s/pin Ground-Referenced Single Ended Serial Link for Off- and On-Package Communication in 16nm CMOS Using a Process- and Temperature-Adaptive Voltage Regulator](/index.php/publication/2018-02_117pjb-25gbspin-ground-referenced-single-ended-serial-link-and-package) [John Wilson](/index.php/person/john-wilson), [Walker Turner](/index.php/person/walker-turner), John Poulton, [Brian Zimmer](/index.php/person/brian-zimmer), [Xi Chen](/index.php/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/index.php/person/sanquan-song), [Stephen Tell](/index.php/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/index.php/person/nikola-nedovic), Wenxu Zhao, Sunil Sudhakaran, [Tom Gray](/index.php/person/tom-gray), [William Dally](/index.php/person/william-dally) ISSCC