CMOS-compatible 60 GHz Harmonic Optoelectronic Mixer

Author

Kang, Hyo-Soon ; Choi, Woo-Young

Author_Institution

Yonsei Univ., Seoul

fYear

2007

fDate

3-8 June 2007

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

236

Abstract

We present 60 GHz harmonic optoelectronic mixers based on Si avalanche photodetectors (APDs) fabricated by the standard complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The characteristics of APDs and harmonic optoelectronic mixers are investigated in order to optimize their performances. At the avalanche on-set voltage of APD, efficient harmonic optoelectronic mixing at 60 GHz band is obtained. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of applying harmonic optoelectronic mixers for fiber-supported millimeter-wave communication systems, down-link data transmission of 5 MS/s, 32 quadrature modulation (QAM) signals in 60 GHz band is successfully performed.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; MIMIC; integrated optoelectronics; microwave photonics; millimetre wave mixers; photodetectors; quadrature amplitude modulation; CMOS-compatible mixer; QAM; avalanche on-set voltage; avalanche photodetectors; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology; down-link data transmission; fiber-supported millimeter-wave communication systems; frequency 60 GHz; harmonic optoelectronic mixer; quadrature modulation; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Data communication; Fiber nonlinear optics; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical fiber communication; Optical mixing; Photodetectors; Voltage; Avalanche photodiodes; CMOS compatible photodetectors; millimeter wave communication; optoelectronic mixers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium, 2007. IEEE/MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0688-9

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380370

Filename

4263787