Cost-Effective 1.25-Gb/s CMOS Receiver for 50-m Large-Core SI-POF Links

Author

Gimeno, Cecilia ; Aldea, Concepción ; Celma, Santiago ; Aznar, Francisco

Author_Institution

Group of Electron. Design, Univ. of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Volume

24

Issue

6

fYear

2012

fDate

3/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

485

Lastpage

487

Abstract

This letter proposes a new analog front end for short-reach high-speed optical communications that compensates the limited bandwidth of 1-mm step-index polymer optical fiber (SI-POF) transmission systems. In particular, the front end has been fabricated using a cost-effective digital 0.18- complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology and fed with only 1 V. The prototype contains a transimpedance amplifier, a continuous-time equalizer, and an output driver. Experimentally, we have obtained 1.25-Gb/s transmission for a simple nonreturn-to-zero modulation in an optical link composed of 50 m of SI-POF and a large area Si PIN photodetector.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; optical fibre communication; optical links; optical modulation; optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; photodetectors; CMOS receiver; PIN photodetector; Si; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; continuous-time equalizer; distance 50 m; large-core SI-POF links; nonreturn-to-zero modulation; optical link; output driver; size 0.18 mum; step-index polymer optical fiber; transimpedance amplifier; voltage 1 V; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Equalizers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Receivers; Electronic equalization; home networking; low power; low voltage; step-index polymer optical fiber (SI-POF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2182188

Filename

6122050