Fast and accurate level monitoring circuitry for a burst-mode CMOS laser driver

Author

Ossieur, P. ; Noldus, K. ; Qiu, X.Z. ; Bauwelinck, J. ; Martens, Y. ; Vandewege, J. ; Gilon, E. ; Stubbe, B.

Author_Institution

INTEC/IMEC, Ghent Univ., Gent, Belgium

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

97

Abstract

Fast level monitoring circuitry was implemented in an intelligent 155Mb/s burst-mode laser driver chip suitable for PON applications. The chip can regulate the launched optical power of an external laser diode to a required level within 2.6 μs, when the laser and its driver are powered up and connected to the network for the first time. A 3.3 V digital 0.35 μm CMOS process was used for the design of this generic chip, which supports most commercially available lasers. No external adjustable components are required.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; asynchronous transfer mode; driver circuits; laser accessories; monitoring; optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; 0.35 micron; 155 Mbit/s; 2.6 mus; 3.3 V; ATM passive optical network; PON applications; automatic power control; burst-mode CMOS laser driver; external laser diode; generic chip; launched optical power; level monitoring circuitry; Driver circuits; Laser modes; Laser noise; Monitoring; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Power lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2002. Proceedings. ICCSC '02. 1st IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

5-7422-0260-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCCSC.2002.1029053

Filename

1029053