Title :
Optoelectronic-VLSI: photonics integrated with VLSI circuits
Author :
Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Goossen, Keith W.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Optoelectronic-VLSI (OE-VLSI) technology represents the intimate integration of photonic devices with silicon VLSI electronics. We review the motivations and status of emerging OE-VLSI technologies and examine the performance of OE-VLSI technology versus conventional wire-bonded OE packaging. The results suggest that OE-VLSI integration offers substantial power and speed improvements even when relatively small numbers of photonic devices are driven with commodity complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor logic technologies
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; integrated circuit packaging; integrated optoelectronics; CMOS IC; OE-VLSI technologies; VLSI circuits; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor logic technologies; optoelectronic-VLSI; photonic devices; photonics integration; power improvements; review; silicon VLSI electronics; speed improvements; wire-bonded OE packaging; CMOS technology; Integrated circuit technology; Optical arrays; Optical interconnections; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Smart pixels; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.736073
