Title :
Opportunities for optics in integrated circuits applications
Author :
Miller, D.A.B. ; Bhatnagar, A. ; Palermo, S. ; Emami-Neyestanak, A. ; Horowitz, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
Optics potentially addresses two key problems in electronic chips and systems: interconnects and timing. Short optical pulses (e.g., picoseconds or shorter) offer particularly precise timing. Results are shown for optical and electrical four-phase clocking, with <1 ps rms jitter for the optical case.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated optoelectronics; timing jitter; four-phase clocking; integrated circuits; interconnects; jitter; optics; short optical pulses; timing; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Photonic integrated circuits; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8904-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1493881
