Title :
Optical transmitter with 1060 nm VCSEL for low power interconnect
Author :
Héroux, Jean Benoit ; Takaki, Keishi ; Schow, Clint ; Rylyakov, Alexander V. ; John, Richard ; Nakagawa, Shigeru
Author_Institution :
IBM Res. - Tokyo, Yamato, Japan
Abstract :
An optical transmitter composed of a 90-nm CMOS driver and a high efficiency 1060 nm VCSEL is characterized. The 10 Gb Ethernet eye mask specification is met with a +33% margin with 1.7 mW/Gbps power consumption.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; driver circuits; low-power electronics; optical fibre LAN; optical interconnections; optical transmitters; surface emitting lasers; CMOS driver; Ethernet eye mask specification; VCSEL; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; low power interconnect; optical transmitter; power consumption; size 90 nm; CMOS integrated circuits; Driver circuits; Optical interconnections; Optical transmitters; Power demand; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
