Title :
20-Gb/s power-efficient CMOS-driven multimode links
Author :
Lai, Caroline P. ; Schow, Clint L. ; Rylyakov, Alexander V. ; Lee, Benjamin G. ; Doany, Fuad E. ; John, Richard A. ; Kash, Jeffrey A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report several firsts for CMOS-driven, VCSEL-based, multimode transmitters and receivers: serial links up to 20 Gb/s; unprecedented full-link power efficiencies from 8 pJ/bit (15 Gb/s) to 17 pJ/bit (20 Gb/s); and >;25-Gb/s transmitter operation.
Keywords :
optical links; optical receivers; optical transmitters; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL-based multimode receivers; VCSEL-based multimode transmitters; bit rate 15 Gbit/s; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; full-link power efficiencies; power-efficient CMOS-driven multimode links; serial links; Bit error rate; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical transmitters; Power demand; Receivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
