Title :
A 17-Gb/s low-power optical receiver using a Ge-on-SOI photodiode with a 0.13- μm CMOS IC
Author :
Schares, L. ; Schow, C.L. ; Koester, Steven J. ; Dehlinger, G. ; John, R. ; Doany, F.E.
Author_Institution :
IBM -T. J. Watson Research Center, 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Tel.:
Abstract :
We report the fastest (17Gb/s) and lowest-voltage (1.8V) all-silicon CMOS optical receiver to date, based on a germanium-on-SOI photodiode. The 12.5-Gb/s sensitivity at 850nm is -12.7dBm (BER=10-12), with a power consumption as low as 50mW.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Detectors; High speed optical techniques; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Photonic integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.216060
