• DocumentCode
    1233370
  • Title

    40 Gbit/s differential distributed modulator driver realised in 80 GHz SiGe HBT process

  • Author

    Schick, C. ; Feger, T. ; Schumacher, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electron Devices & Circuits, Ulm Univ., Ulm
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    408
  • Lastpage
    409
  • Abstract
    A 40 Gbit/s, fully differential distributed SiGe HBT driver is presented. The IC is realised in a low-cost 80 GHz production process, and is intended to operate as a modulator driver in a 40 Gbit/s fibre-optic communication system. Resulting from the differential chip architecture, no off-chip low-frequency transmission line termination networks are required, which significantly alleviates the chip mounting process. Mounted in a coaxial test fixture, an eye opening of 2 1.25 Vpp at 40 Gbit/s operation is measured.
  • Keywords
    MIMIC; driver circuits; heterojunction bipolar transistors; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; silicon compounds; HBT process; SiGe; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; chip mounting process; coaxial test fixture; differential chip architecture; differential distributed modulator driver; fibre-optic communication system; frequency 80 GHz; off-chip low-frequency transmission line termination networks; production process;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2009.3662
  • Filename
    4813162
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1233370