DC-40 GHz amplifier for high-speed optical communications designed with the real frequency technique

Author

Courcelle, L. ; Kerhervé, E. ; Jarry, P.

Author_Institution

Microelectron. IXL Lab., Bordeaux Univ., Talence, France

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

14-17 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

408

Abstract

Synchronous optical network (SONET/SDH) requirements for 40 Gbps links impose transmitter drivers to provide a high and linear voltage swing to the modulator from a few kilohertz to 40 GHz. This paper presents a two stage DC-40 GHz GaAs P-HEMT amplifier including a level shift part for DC-coupling. The design synthesis method uses the real frequency technique.

Keywords

HEMT integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; SONET; coupled circuits; driver circuits; electro-optical modulation; field effect MIMIC; gallium arsenide; millimetre wave power amplifiers; optical transmitters; synchronous digital hierarchy; 0 Hz to 40 GHz; 40 Gbit/s; DC-coupling; GaAs; MMIC amplifier; SDH; SONET; high-speed optical communications; level shifter; linear voltage swing; optical modulator drivers; real frequency design technique; synchronous optical networks; transmitter drivers; two stage P-HEMT amplifier; Driver circuits; Frequency; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; SONET; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2003. ICECS 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 10th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8163-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2003.1301808

Filename

1301808