Title :
InP DHBT-based modulator driver module for 100 Gbit/s Ethernet applications
Author :
Hurm, V. ; Makon, R.E. ; Driad, Rachid ; Benkhelifa, Fouad ; Losch, R. ; Massler, Hermann ; Riessle, M. ; Rosenzweig, J. ; Schlechtweg, Michael ; Tessmann, A. ; Walcher, H.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Appl. Solid State Phys., Freiburg, Germany
Abstract :
A modulator driver module for use in 100 Gbit/s optical data communication systems has been developed using an InP DHBT-based distributed amplifier chip and 50 Omega microstrip lines on quartz substrate. The module achieved a gain of 16 dB and a 3 dB bandwidth of 110 GHz. Clearly open 100 and 112 Gbit/s 231 - 1 non-return-to-zero pseudorandom bit sequence eye diagrams with an output voltage swing of 2.2 Vpp have been measured.
Keywords :
heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; local area networks; microstrip lines; optical communication; DHBT-based modulator driver module; Ethernet; InP; bandwidth 110 GHz; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; distributed amplifier chip; double heterojunction bipolar transistor; gain 16 dB; microstrip line; optical data communication system; voltage 2.2 V;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2009.1569
