• DocumentCode
    3610172
  • Title

    N-over-N cascode push–pull modulator driver in 130 nm CMOS enabling 20 Gbit/s optical interconnection with Mach-Zehnder modulator

  • Author

    Liu, S. ; Thomson, D.J. ; Li, K. ; Wilson, P. ; Reed, G.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Silicon Photonics Group, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1900
  • Lastpage
    1902
  • Abstract
    The N-over-N cascode push-pull modulator driver is demonstrated at 20 Gbit/s with IBM 130 nm technology. Electro-optical measurement of the modulator driver integrated with a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) is also presented. This modulator driver achieves 50 Ω output impedance matching (for the MZM) with on-chip termination. The power consumption of the modulator driver is 312 mW and the output swing is 3.4 Vpp on the differential.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; driver circuits; impedance matching; low-power electronics; modulators; optical interconnections; CMOS enabling optical interconnection; IBM technology; Mach-Zehnder modulator; N-over-N cascode push-pull modulator driver; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; electro-optical measurement; impedance matching; on-chip termination; power 312 mW; power consumption; size 130 nm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2015.2909
  • Filename
    7323981
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3610172