A 15-mW, 155-Mb/s CMOS burst-mode laser driver with automatic power control and end-of-life detection

Author

Säckinger, Eduard ; Ota, Yusuke ; Gabara, Thaddeus J. ; Fischer, Wilhelm C.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

34

Issue

12

fYear

1999

fDate

12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1944

Lastpage

1950

Abstract

A burst-mode laser driver for passive optical networks (ATM-PON/FSAN, N-PON, π-PON) uses mixed-signal design techniques in digital 0.5-μm CMOS process. Power consumption is 15 mW, which is about an order of magnitude less than previous designs. The laser driver features automatic power control and laser end-of-life detection. These features are implemented with a novel peak comparator, which operates on a packet-by-packet basis

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; comparators (circuits); driver circuits; laser beam applications; low-power electronics; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; power control; semiconductor lasers; 0.5 micron; 15 mW; 155 Mbit/s; CMOS burst-mode laser driver; PON application; automatic power control; end-of-life detection; mixed-signal design techniques; passive optical networks; peak comparator; Central office; Energy consumption; Optical fiber communication; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Power control; Power lasers; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.808919

Filename

808919