Title :
20Gbps receiver based on germanium photodetector hybrid-integrated with 90nm CMOS amplifier
Author :
Assefa, Solomon ; Lee, Benjamin G. ; Schow, Clint L. ; Green, William M J ; Rylyakov, Alexander V. ; John, Richard A. ; Vlasov, Yurii A.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
Receiver based on Ge waveguide PD hybrid-integrated with CMOS amplifier shows an unprecedented data rate of 20Gbps, -7.1dBm sensitivity, and 7pJ/bit power efficiency. Further improvement is obtained with avalanche gain and feed-forward equalization.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; germanium; optical interconnections; optical receivers; photodetectors; CMOS amplifier; Ge; avalanche gain; feed-forward equalization; germanium photodetector hybrid; receiver; size 90 nm; Bit error rate; CMOS integrated circuits; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Receivers; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
