A 43-Gb/s full-rate clock transmitter in 0.18-μm SiGe BiCMOS technology

Author

Meghelli, Mounir

Author_Institution

IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

40

Issue

10

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2046

Lastpage

2050

Abstract

A 43-Gb/s full-rate clock transmitter chip for SONET OC-768 transmission systems is reported. The IC is implemented in a 0.18-μm SiGe BiCMOS technology featuring 120 GHz f_T and 100 GHz f_max HBTs. It consists of a 4:1 multiplexer, a clock multiplier unit, and a frequency lock detector. The IC features clock jitter generation of 260 fs rms and dissipates 2.3 W from a -3.6-V supply voltage. Measurement results are compared to a previously reported half-rate clock transmitter designed using the same technology.

Keywords

BiCMOS digital integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; SONET; bipolar MMIC; heterojunction bipolar transistors; integrated circuit design; optical transmitters; 0.18 micron; 100 GHz; 120 GHz; 2.3 W; 3.6 V; 43 Gbit/s; BiCMOS; HBT; SONET OC-768 transmission systems; SiGe; clock multiplier unit; clock transmitter; frequency lock detector; multiplexer; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Clocks; Computer vision; Detectors; Frequency; Germanium silicon alloys; Multiplexing; SONET; Silicon germanium; Transmitters; 4:1 multiplexer; Clock multiplier unit; SiGe bipolar technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2005.852823

Filename

1506892