CMOS Photonics for High-Speed Interconnects

Author

Gunn, Cary

Author_Institution

Luxtera Inc., Carlsbad, CA

Volume

26

Issue

2

fYear

2006

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

66

Abstract

Luxtera has demonstrated the technology required to implement CMOS photonics, and product development is underway. It has also demonstrated all the technology required for 10-Gbps operation, in addition to that required to scale to 100 Gbps and 1 Tbps. A single 10-Gbps channel today integrates tens of optical components into a single die alongside circuitry of modest gate count, 100,000 per transceiver. For the first time, high-speed optical communications directly between silicon die are possible at a price-performance point competitive with traditional electrical interconnects

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optics; optical fibre LAN; optical interconnections; CMOS photonics technology; electrical interconnect; high-speed interconnect; high-speed optical communication; optical component; silicon waveguide; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Ethernet networks; High speed optical techniques; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical crosstalk; Optical interconnections; Photonics; Reflection; Transceivers; 10-Gbps; CMOS photonics; Luxtera; high-speed optical communications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MM.2006.32

Filename

1624327