Title :
High gain 40 Gb/s InP HBT drivers for EO/EA modulators
Author :
Krishnamurthy, K. ; Pullela, R. ; Chow, J. ; Xu, J. ; Jaganathan, S. ; Mensa, D. ; Rodwell, M.
Author_Institution :
Gtran Inc., Newbury Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
Single chip high gain InP HBT modulator drivers for 40 Gb/S systems are presented. With 30 dB gain, 41 GHz bandwidth and 6Vp-p differential output, the need for external pre-amplifiers and bias networks are eliminated. Transmitter performance with EO/EA modulators are evaluated.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; optical transmitters; preamplifiers; 30 dB; 40 Gbit/s; 41 GHz; 6 V; EA modulators; EO modulator; InP; bias networks elimination; external pre-amplifiers elimination; single chip InP HBT driver; transmitter performance; Bandwidth; Driver circuits; Electrooptic modulators; Extinction ratio; Frequency domain analysis; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Indium phosphide; Jitter; Packaging; Scattering parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248552
