GaAs integrated circuits for error-rate measurement in high-speed digital transmission systems

Author

Liechti, Charles A. ; Joly, Robert ; Namjoo, Masood

Volume

18

Issue

4

fYear

1983

Firstpage

402

Lastpage

408

Abstract

A high-speed GaAs MSI PRBS generator and an error detector have been built, tested, and applied to bit-error ratio measurements in a fiber-optic transmission link. The generator produces a 1023 bit sequence at 2 Gbit/s data rate. The detector compares, bit-by-bit, the input data with a locally regenerated sequence. With a 2 GHz clock, the direct-coupled generator/detector combination, without an optical link, exhibits less than one error in 10/SUP 14/ clock cycles. The complete fiber-optic link test system incorporates a 1 km multimode fiber, operates at 1.9 Gbits/s, and exhibits a bit-error ratio below 10/SUP -12/.

Keywords

Digital communication systems; Digital integrated circuits; Error detection; Field effect integrated circuits; Gallium arsenide; III-V semiconductors; Optical communication equipment; digital communication systems; digital integrated circuits; error detection; field effect integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; optical communication equipment; Circuit testing; Clocks; Detectors; Digital integrated circuits; Gallium arsenide; High speed integrated circuits; Integrated circuit measurements; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.1983.1051963

Filename

1051963