Title :
1V, 10mW, 10Gb/s CMOS optical receiver front-end
Author :
Guckenberger, Drew ; Schaub, Jeremy D. ; Kucharski, Daniel ; Kornegay, K.T.
Author_Institution :
Cornell Broadband Commun. Res. Lab., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
A 1 V, 10 mW CMOS optical receiver front-end that achieves 10 Gb/s operation is presented. The linear gain is 65.6 dBΩ (1.9 kΩ) and the optical sensitivity is -13.1 dBm for a BER of 1e-12. The receiver is implemented in a 0.12 μm digital CMOS process with a core size of 175 μm×250 μm.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; optical receivers; wideband amplifiers; 0.12 micron; 1 V; 10 Gbit/s; 10 mW; 175 micron; 250 micron; BER; broadband amplifiers; digital CMOS process; linear gain; low-power front-end; optical receiver front-end; optical sensitivity; Active inductors; CMOS process; Circuit noise; Crosstalk; Energy consumption; Integrated circuit interconnections; MIM capacitors; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2005. Digest of Papers. 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8983-2
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2005.1489794
