Title :
10-Gb/s SiGe modulator drivers with 4.5 Vpp output swing
Author :
Li, Day-Uei ; Tsai, Chia-Ming ; Huang, Li-Ren
Author_Institution :
Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., SoC Technol. Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper presents 10-Gb/s modulator drivers employing novel cascode configuration with double output swing. The cascode drivers in 0.35μm SiGe BiCMOS technology exhibit high output swing of 4.5 Vpp. It is the highest value among reported silicon-based drivers.
Keywords :
BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; driver circuits; integrated circuit design; 0.35 micron; 10 Gbit/s; 4.5 V; BiCMOS technology; SiGe; SiGe modulator drivers; cascode configuration; cascode drivers; double output swing; silicon-based drivers; Bandwidth; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Bipolar transistors; Driver circuits; Feedback circuits; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Power dissipation; Silicon germanium; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Design, Automation and Test, 2005. (VLSI-TSA-DAT). 2005 IEEE VLSI-TSA International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9060-1
DOI :
10.1109/VDAT.2005.1500070