• DocumentCode
    1670483
  • Title

    A 3 V 10.7 Gb/s differential laser diode driver with active back-termination output stage

  • Author

    Morley, Seán

  • Author_Institution
    Analog Devices, Limerick, Ireland
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    220
  • Abstract
    A 3 V 10.7 Gb/s differential laser diode driver fabricated on a 0.35 μm SiGe bipolar process is presented. A feedback-amplifier output stage provides both differential and common-mode active back termination of the output transmission lines with 80 mA maximum modulation current. Rise and fall times of 28 ps are achieved, and typical power dissipation is 0.67 W for Imod=40 mA.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; differential amplifiers; driver circuits; electric current; feedback amplifiers; integrated circuit design; optical communication equipment; power consumption; semiconductor lasers; 0.35 micron; 0.67 W; 10.7 Gbit/s; 28 ps; 3 V; 40 mA; SONET; SiGe; SiGe bipolar process; active back-termination output stage; differential laser diode driver; feedback-amplifier output stage; modulation current; power dissipation; silicon germanium bipolar process; Degradation; Diode lasers; Feedback amplifiers; Feedback loop; Gain; Impedance; Optical buffering; Optical feedback; Transmission lines; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8904-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1493948
  • Filename
    1493948