Abstract :
Luxtera has implemented complete photonic transceiver technology in the Hip7 0.13 mum SOI CMOS process at Freescale Semiconductor, enabling optical communications directly to and from a CMOS die. With the exception of the co-packaged laser, all optical functions are implemented in using CMOS processing. The devices implemented include 10 Gb/s modulators, germanium photodetectors, optical WDM filters, switches, attenuators and fiber coupling holographic lenses. To date, up to 40 Gbps transmission has been demonstrated down a single fiber using four optical wavelengths, each modulated at 10 Gbps.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; silicon-on-insulator; transceivers; Freescale Semiconductor; Luxtera; SOI CMOS process; all optical functions; attenuators; co-packaged laser; fiber coupling holographic lenses; fully integrated VLSI CMOS; germanium photodetectors; modulators; optical WDM filters; optical communications; photonic transceiver technology; size 0.13 mum; switches; CMOS process; Holographic optical components; Holography; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Photonics; Very large scale integration;
