An LTCC optical transceiver for radio-over-fiber

Author

Guo, Y.X. ; Ong, L.C. ; Luo, B. ; Chia, M.Y.W. ; Karppinen, M. ; Kautio, K. ; Mäkinen, J.T. ; Ollila, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

4-6 Oct. 2005

Abstract

In this paper, a low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) optical transceiver for wireless LAN (802.11g) applications is implemented. The transmitter consists of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) and laser driver chips while the receiver has photodiode and linear amplifier chips mounted on it. With a hole structure through the LTCC ceramic layers, the fiber can be properly aligned and supported while the light source or photo detector is flip-chipped on the other side of the substrate. Meanwhile, the transmission performance of the LTCC transceiver over a ROF network is evaluated. The measurements show that the LTCC transceiver module can be used for radio-over-fiber applications.

Keywords

ceramic packaging; optical transmitters; photodetectors; photodiodes; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; transceivers; wireless LAN; LTCC optical transceiver; laser driver chips; linear amplifier chips; low temperature co-fired ceramic technology; photo detector; radio-over-fiber; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; wireless LAN; Ceramics; Fiber lasers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature; Transceivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2005 European

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-2-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2005.1608808

Filename

1608808