A 150 mW 8:1 MUX and a 170 mW 1:8 DEMUX for 2.4 gb/s optical-fiber communication systems using n-AlGaAs/i-InGaAs HJFET´s

Author

Fujii, Masahiro ; Numata, Keiichi ; Maeda, Tadashi ; Tokushima, Masatoshi ; Wada, Shigeki ; Fukaishi, Muneo ; Ishikawa, Masaoki

Author_Institution

Opto-Electron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

6

Issue

1

fYear

1998

fDate

3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

46

Abstract

An 8:1 multiplexer (MUX) and a 1:8 demultiplexer (DEMUX) for 2.4-Gb/s optical communication systems have been developed using 0.35-/spl mu/m GaAs heterojunction field-effect transistors (FETs). To ensure timing margins, a new timing generator with latches and new clock buffers with cross-coupled inverters have been developed. These large-scale integrations (LSIs) operate at over 2.4 Gb/s with a power consumption of 150 mW (MUX) and 170 mW (DEMUX) at a supply voltage of 0.7 V, and at over 5 Gb/s with power consumption of 200 mW at a supply voltage of 0.8 V.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; JFET integrated circuits; VLSI; aluminium compounds; demultiplexing equipment; field effect digital integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; timing; 0.35 micron; 0.7 V; 150 mW; 170 mW; 2.4 Gbit/s; AlGaAs-InGaAs; DEMUX; HJFET; MUX; clock buffers; cross-coupled inverters; large-scale integrations; optical-fiber communication systems; power consumption; supply voltage; timing generator; timing margins; Clocks; Energy consumption; FETs; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunctions; Multiplexing; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Timing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-8210

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/92.661244

Filename

661244