• DocumentCode
    2987686
  • Title

    A 19-Gb/s, 1.8-V Optical Receiver Front-End Comprised of a Ge-on-SOI Photodiode and a CMOS Transimpedance Amplifier

  • Author

    Schow, C.L. ; Schares, L. ; Koester, S.J. ; Dehlinger, G. ; John, R.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM ? T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA. Email: cschow@us.ibm.com
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report the fastest (19 Gb/s) and lowest voltage (1.8 V) all-silicon-based optical receiver front end, consisting of a 0.13-¿m CMOS transimpedance amplifier and a planar Ge-on-SOI photodiode that is suitable for future monolithic integration.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Detectors; Optical amplifiers; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Photodiodes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800989
  • Filename
    4800989