Title :
Ultra-low-voltage micro-ring modulator integrated with a CMOS feed-forward equalization driver
Author :
Rosenberg, J.C. ; Green, W.M.J. ; Rylyakov, A.V. ; Schow, C.L. ; Assefa, S. ; Lee, B.G. ; Jahnes, C. ; Vlasov, Y.A.
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We present an all-CMOS micro-ring modulator packaged with a feed-forward equalization driver circuit, operating in charge-injection mode at 8 Gbps with a drive voltage of only 50 mVp-p and a power consumption of 1.8 pJ/bit.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; feedforward; low-power electronics; CMOS feedforward equalization driver; all-CMOS microring modulator; charge-injection mode; feedforward equalization driver circuit; ultra-low-voltage microring modulator; CMOS integrated circuits; Driver circuits; Modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical transmitters; Optimized production technology; Silicon;
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
