Title :
A new ultra-high sensitivity, low-power optical receiver based on a decision-feedback equalizer
Author :
Rylyakov, Alexander V. ; Schow, Clint L. ; Kash, Jeffrey A.
Author_Institution :
T.J. Watson Res. Center, IBM Res., Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A decision-feedback equalizer is used to recover data at baud rates far above the bandwidth of a low-noise TIA front-end. The overall 90-nm CMOS DC-coupled clocked receiver has better than -25 dBm power sensitivity at 4 Gb/s, dissipating 1.2 pJ/bit.
Keywords :
decision feedback equalisers; optical receivers; CMOS DC-coupled clocked receiver; baud rates; data recovery; decision-feedback equalizer; low-power optical receiver; power sensitivity; ultra-high sensitivity; Bit error rate; CMOS integrated circuits; Clocks; Decision feedback equalizers; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers;
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
