Title :
Electrical and optical transceivers for short-range data communication, fabricated in VLSI 90-nm bulk and SOI CMOS technology
Author :
Morf, Thomas ; Menolfi, Christian ; Toifl, Thomas ; Kromer, Christian ; Sialm, Gion ; Kossel, Marcel ; Weiss, Jonas ; Buchmann, Peter ; Berger, Christoph ; Schmatz, Martin
Author_Institution :
Zurich Res. Lab., IBM Res., Rueschlikon, Switzerland
fDate :
30 Oct.-2 Nov. 2005
Abstract :
This paper presents a comprehensive overview on our recent high-speed high-density links designs in 90-nm bulk and SOI CMOS. A 12.5 GByte/s link macro is described. The macro consists of 10 channels at 12.5 Gb/s each. For very short links, i.e. on multi chip modules (MCM), a 20 Gb/s PAM4 transmitter and receiver is presented. Longer links can be realized by a low-power 4×10 Gb/s optical extension, also fabricated in CMOS.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; data communication; optical interconnections; silicon-on-insulator; transceivers; 12.5 GByte/s; 20 GByte/s; 90 nm; SOI CMOS technology; VLSI technology; bulk CMOS technology; electrical transceivers; optical transceivers; short-range data communication; CMOS technology; Clocks; Data communication; High speed optical techniques; Logic; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Phase locked loops; Transceivers; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, 2005. CSIC '05. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9250-7
DOI :
10.1109/CSICS.2005.1531805
