• DocumentCode
    1428095
  • Title

    SiGe retiming high-gain power MUX for directly driving an EAM up to 50 Gbit/s

  • Author

    Moller, M. ; Meister, T.F. ; Schmid, R. ; Rupeter, J. ; Rest, M. ; Schopflin, A. ; Rein, H.M.

  • Author_Institution
    AB Halbleiterbauelemente, Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    9/3/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1782
  • Lastpage
    1784
  • Abstract
    An SiGe 2:1 time-division multiplexer (MUX) with high output power was developed for directly driving an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) in a 40 Gbit/s optical fibre link. The essential advantages compared to usual driver circuit concepts are discussed and experimentally demonstrated. Measurements on mounted chips show clear output eye diagrams at 40 and 50 Gbit/s with voltage swings of 2.5 and 2 Vpp, respectively
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; 2 V; 2.5 V; 40 Gbit/s; 50 Gbit/s; SiGe; SiGe IC; SiGe time-division multiplexer; electroabsorption modulator driver circuit; optical fibre link; retiming high-gain power MUX;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19981247
  • Filename
    715388