A 10 Gb/s optical transmitter module with a built-in modulator driver IC and a receiver module with a built-in preamplifier IC

Author

Yoshida, N. ; Ishizaka, M. ; Watanabe, I. ; Morie, M. ; Fujii, M. ; Wada, S. ; Numata, K. ; Fukuchi, K. ; Fukushima, K. ; Shimizu, J. ; Yamaguchi, M. ; Maeda, T.

Author_Institution

Opto-Electron. & High Frequency Device Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

17-20 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

290

Abstract

We have fabricated and tested an optical transmitter module with a built-in modulator driver IC and a receiver module with a built-in preamplifier IC, both designed for use in 10 Gb/s optical communication systems. Newly developed circuits enabled high-speed transmitter modulation characteristics with short rise and fall times of 18 ps and 21 ps, respectively, and a low-power consumption of 1.1 W. High-sensitivity of -26.1 dBm and a wide-bandwidth of 9.2 GHz were obtained from the receiver. Using a transmitter and receiver pair, we obtained back-to-back sensitivity of -24.8 dBm, and power penalties of 0.8 dB over a 60 km single-mode-fiber (SMF) transmission and 1.7 dB over an 80 km SMF transmission. The sensitivity over the 80 km SMF transmission, and these power penalties, are the best yet reported.

Keywords

JFET integrated circuits; digital communication; driver circuits; field effect digital integrated circuits; modules; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; preamplifiers; 1.1 W; 10 Gbit/s; 60 km; 80 km; 9.2 GHz; HJFET ICs; built-in modulator driver IC; built-in preamplifier IC; high sensitivity; high-speed transmitter modulation characteristics; low-power consumption; optical receiver module; optical transmitter module; power penalties; single-mode-fiber transmission; wide bandwidth; Circuit testing; Driver circuits; Integrated circuit testing; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photonic integrated circuits; Preamplifiers; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GaAs IC Symposium, 1999. 21st Annual

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

ISSN

1064-7775

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5585-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GAAS.1999.803776

Filename

803776