Demultiplexing 2.48-Gb/s optical signals with a CMOS receiver array based on clocked-sense-amplifiers

Author

Woodward, T.K. ; Lentine, A.L. ; Goossen, K.W. ; Walker, J.A. ; Tseng, B.T. ; Hui, S.P. ; Lothian, J. ; Leibenguth, R.E.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

9

Issue

8

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1146

Lastpage

1148

Abstract

A repeater array consisting of clocked-sense-amplifier-based optical receivers driving receivers driving 850-nm optical modulators is used to demultiplex a 2.48-Gb/s optical signal into eight 311-Mb/s optical data streams. The synchronous detection provided by the clocked receivers allows 2.48-Gb/s signals to be demultiplexed despite a repeater bandwidth of roughly 350 MHz. The repeater array contains 16 elements, is fully functional, and is realized in a hybrid MQW/CMOS smart pixel optoelectronic VLSI technology. The CMOS circuits are made in a 0.35-μm linewidth process. Total power dissipation for the entire array is 11.5 mW, and 120-fJ optical input signals are used.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; clocks; demultiplexing; electro-optical modulation; integrated optoelectronics; optical information processing; optical receivers; optical repeaters; optical signal detection; smart pixels; synchronisation; /spl mu/m linewidth process; 11.5 mW; 120 fJ; 2.48 Gbit/s; 350 MHz; 850 nm; CMOS circuits; CMOS receiver array; Gb/s optical signal demultiplexing; Mb/s optical data streams; clocked receivers; clocked-sense-amplifier-based optical receivers; clocked-sense-amplifiers; fJ optical input signals; hybrid MQW/CMOS smart pixel optoelectronic VLSI technology; nm optical modulators; repeater array; repeater bandwidth; synchronous detection; total power dissipation; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Clocks; Demultiplexing; Optical arrays; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Quantum well devices; Repeaters; Smart pixels;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.605531

Filename

605531