Title :
Low power, high bit rate CMOS driver for VCSEL used in free space optical interconnect
Author :
Khera, Neha ; Roy, Anil K. ; Parikh, Chetan
Author_Institution :
Dhirubhai Ambani Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Gujarat, India
Abstract :
We propose a novel driver circuit design using 0.8 micron CMOS technology that drives a 1550 nm VCSEL used in free space optics. We report a distinct improvement in power consumption at 2.5 Gbps.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; driver circuits; low-power electronics; network synthesis; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; surface emitting lasers; 0.8 micron; 1550 nm; 2.5 Gbit/s; CMOS technology; driver circuit design; free space optical interconnect; high bit rate CMOS driver; power consumption; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Bit rate; CMOS technology; Circuit topology; Diode lasers; Driver circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical interconnections; Space technology; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8981-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1527989
