DocumentCode
3413174
Title
GaAs ASIC for time domain reflectometer
Author
Gibson, David A. ; Lau, Kim M. ; Chu, Tan ; Phan, George Q. ; Hood, Marty ; Lawrence, Mike ; McMillian, Gary
Author_Institution
Syst. & Processes Eng. Corp., Austin, TX, USA
fYear
1995
fDate
18-22 Sep 1995
Firstpage
200
Lastpage
203
Abstract
A 400 MHz, GaAs ASIC with on-chip laser driver was designed to provide programmable precision timing and digital signal averaging for an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR). Semi-custom ASIC design was based on our fully-characterized GaAs cell library
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; application specific integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; optical time-domain reflectometry; reflectometers; 400 Hz; GaAs; GaAs cell library; digital signal averaging; on-chip laser driver; optical time-domain reflectometer; programmable precision timing; semi-custom ASIC design; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; Fiber lasers; Gallium arsenide; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1995., Proceedings of the Eighth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location
Austin, TX
ISSN
1063-0988
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2707-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ASIC.1995.580714
Filename
580714
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