DocumentCode
1842733
Title
10-Gb/s SiGe modulator drivers with 4.5 Vpp output swing
Author
Li, Day-Uei ; Tsai, Chia-Ming ; Huang, Li-Ren
Author_Institution
Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., SoC Technol. Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
fYear
2005
fDate
27-29 April 2005
Firstpage
261
Lastpage
262
Abstract
This paper presents 10-Gb/s modulator drivers employing novel cascode configuration with double output swing. The cascode drivers in 0.35μm SiGe BiCMOS technology exhibit high output swing of 4.5 Vpp. It is the highest value among reported silicon-based drivers.
Keywords
BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; driver circuits; integrated circuit design; 0.35 micron; 10 Gbit/s; 4.5 V; BiCMOS technology; SiGe; SiGe modulator drivers; cascode configuration; cascode drivers; double output swing; silicon-based drivers; Bandwidth; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Bipolar transistors; Driver circuits; Feedback circuits; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Power dissipation; Silicon germanium; Voltage control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
VLSI Design, Automation and Test, 2005. (VLSI-TSA-DAT). 2005 IEEE VLSI-TSA International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9060-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VDAT.2005.1500070
Filename
1500070
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