Realistic end-to-end simulation of the optoelectronic links and comparison with the electrical interconnections for system-on-chip applications

Author

Kyriakis-Bitzaros, Efstathios D. ; Haralabidis, Nikos ; Lagadas, M. ; Georgakilas, Alexandros ; Moisiadis, Y. ; Halkias, George

Author_Institution

aInst. of Microelectron., Nat. Centre for Sci. Res., Athens, Greece

Volume

19

Issue

10

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1532

Lastpage

1542

Abstract

A detailed comparison of optoelectronic versus electrical interconnections for system-on-chip applications is performed in terms of signal latency and power consumption. Realistic end-to-end models of both interconnection schemes are employed in order to evaluate critical performance parameters. A variety of electrical and optoelectronic interconnection configurations are implemented and simulated using accurate optical device and electronic circuit models integrated under an integrated circuit (IC) design computer-aided design tool. Two commercial complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technologies (0.8 μm and 0.25 μm) are used for the estimation of the signal latency and the power consumption as a function of the interconnection length for the different link configurations. It was found that optoelectronic interconnects outperform their electrical counterparts, under certain conditions, especially for relatively long lines and multichannel data links

Keywords

CAD; CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; integrated circuit design; integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; surface emitting lasers; 0.25 mum; 0.8 mum; CAD; CMOS technologies; IC design computer-aided design tool; critical performance parameters; electrical interconnections; electronic circuit models; interconnection length; multichannel data links; optical device; optoelectronic interconnects; optoelectronic links; power consumption; realistic end-to-end simulation; signal latency; system-on-chip applications; CMOS technology; Delay; Energy consumption; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit modeling; Photonic integrated circuits; Power system interconnection; Power system modeling; Semiconductor device modeling; System-on-a-chip;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.956141

Filename

956141