Title :
Ultra low power 10- to 25-Gb/s CMOS-driven VCSEL links
Author :
Proesel, Jonathan E. ; Schow, Clint L. ; Rylyakov, Alexander V.
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
Two optical links sharing a TX but using different RXs explore the speed/power/area tradeoff. Circuits are 90nm CMOS. Record full-link power efficiencies of 1.37pJ/bit at 15Gb/s and 3.6pJ/bit at 25Gb/s are achieved.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; optical links; optical receivers; optical transmitters; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s to 25 Gbit/s; full link power efficiency; optical links; optical receivers; optical transmitters; size 90 nm; speed-power-area tradeoff; ultra low power CMOS-driven VCSEL links; Bit error rate; CMOS integrated circuits; Inverters; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
