Title :
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
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 fT and 100 GHz fmax 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;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSSC.2005.852823
