DocumentCode
2867845
Title
A 100 Gb/s Ethernet modulator driver module based on coplanar GaAs PHEMT distributed MMIC amplifier
Author
Morkner, Henrik ; Riddle, Alfred ; Mahon, Simon ; Kennan, Wayne
Author_Institution
M/A-COM Technology Solutions, 100 Chelmsford Street, Lowell, MA, 01851, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
17-22 June 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We present a 100 Gb/s Ethernet modulator driver module based on a coplanar GaAs PHEMT 9 section coplanar integrated distributed amplifier. It has a 30 kHz to 67GHz bandwidth suitable for direct 100 Gb/s clocking. Process technology, MMIC design, and module design are described and are neither exotic nor expensive to produce. The MMIC in this module provides 12dB typical gain and 3.5Vpp output voltage. To the author´s knowledge this is the broadest bandwidth surface mount module made to date.
Keywords
Capacitance; Clocks; Coplanar waveguides; Feeds; Logic gates; PHEMTs; 100 Gb/s; CDR; Ethernet; MMIC; distributed amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Montreal, QC, Canada
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1085-7
Electronic_ISBN
0149-645X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259661
Filename
6259661
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