Highly integrated InP HBT optical receivers

Author

Yung, Michael ; Jensen, Joseph ; Walden, Robert ; Rodwell, Mark ; Raghavan, Gopal ; Elliott, Kenneth ; Stanchina, William

Author_Institution

HRL Labs., Malibu, CA, USA

Volume

34

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

227

Abstract

This paper presents two highly integrated receiver circuits fabricated in InP heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology operating at up to 2.5 and 7.5 Gb/s, respectively. The first IC is a generic digital receiver circuit with CMOS-compatible outputs. It integrates monolithically an automatic-gain-control amplifier, a digital clock and data recovery circuit, and a 1:8 demultiplexer, and consumes an extremely low 340 mW of power at 3.3 V, including output buffers. It can realize a full optical receiver when connected to a photo detector/preamplifier front end. The second circuit is a complete multirate optical receiver application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that integrates a photodiode, a transimpedance amplifier, a limiting amplifier, a digital clock and data recovery circuit, a 1:10 demultiplexer, and the asynchronous-transfer-mode-compatible word synchronization logic. It is the most functionally complex InP HBT optoelectronic integrated circuit reported to date. A custom package has also been developed for this ASIC

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; automatic gain control; bipolar integrated circuits; data communication equipment; demultiplexing equipment; digital communication; heterojunction bipolar transistors; high-speed integrated circuits; indium compounds; integrated circuit packaging; integrated optoelectronics; low-power electronics; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; optical receivers; synchronisation; timing circuits; 2.5 Gbit/s; 3.3 V; 340 mW; 7.5 Gbit/s; AGC amplifier; ATM-compatible word synchronization logic; CMOS-compatible outputs; InP; InP HBT optical receivers; OEIC; application-specific integrated circuit; automatic-gain-control amplifier; custom package; data recovery circuit; demultiplexer; digital clock; digital receiver circuit; heterojunction bipolar transistor technology; highly integrated optical receivers; limiting amplifier; multirate optical receiver ASIC; optoelectronic integrated circuit; photodiode; transimpedance amplifier; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Clocks; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Indium phosphide; Integrated circuit technology; Optical amplifiers; Optical receivers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.743780

Filename

743780