• DocumentCode
    2021316
  • Title

    A 17-Gb/s low-power optical receiver using a Ge-on-SOI photodiode with a 0.13- μm CMOS IC

  • Author

    Schares, L. ; Schow, C.L. ; Koester, Steven J. ; Dehlinger, G. ; John, R. ; Doany, F.E.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM -T. J. Watson Research Center, 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Tel.:
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report the fastest (17Gb/s) and lowest-voltage (1.8V) all-silicon CMOS optical receiver to date, based on a germanium-on-SOI photodiode. The 12.5-Gb/s sensitivity at 850nm is -12.7dBm (BER=10-12), with a power consumption as low as 50mW.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Detectors; High speed optical techniques; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Photonic integrated circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.216060
  • Filename
    1637091
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2021316