Design of high-speed fiber optic datalinks

Author

Mader, T.

Author_Institution

Intel, Newark, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

3-4 June 2002

Firstpage

81

Lastpage

84

Abstract

Fiber-optic datalinks operating at rates of OC-48 (2.5 Gb/s), OC-192 (10 Gb/s), OC-768 (40 Gb/s), and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10.3 Gb/s) utilize high-speed broadband electronic components, and require a combination of microwave, high-speed digital, and fiber-optic design techniques. In this paper, an overview of such high-speed fiber optic devices is given, concentrating on "Metro" (metropolitan area network) 10 Gb/s applications, as this is currently an active area of industry activity. Tradeoffs between different high-speed process technologies are discussed, as well as trends in the industry.

Keywords

data communication equipment; digital communication; high-speed integrated circuits; metropolitan area networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; transceivers; transponders; 10Gigabit Ethernet; 2.5 to 40 Gbit/s; MAN applications; OC-192; OC-768; OC48; high-speed ICs; high-speed fiber optic data links; metropolitan area network; transceivers; transponders; Gallium arsenide; Germanium silicon alloys; High-speed electronics; Multiplexing; Optical design; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Silicon germanium; Transceivers; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2002 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7246-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2002.1011928

Filename

1011928