Title :
GaAs ASIC for time domain reflectometer
Author :
Gibson, David A. ; Lau, Kim M. ; Chu, Tan ; Phan, George Q. ; Hood, Marty ; Lawrence, Mike ; McMillian, Gary
Author_Institution :
Syst. & Processes Eng. Corp., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
A 400 MHz, GaAs ASIC with on-chip laser driver was designed to provide programmable precision timing and digital signal averaging for an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR). Semi-custom ASIC design was based on our fully-characterized GaAs cell library
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; application specific integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; optical time-domain reflectometry; reflectometers; 400 Hz; GaAs; GaAs cell library; digital signal averaging; on-chip laser driver; optical time-domain reflectometer; programmable precision timing; semi-custom ASIC design; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; Fiber lasers; Gallium arsenide; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1995., Proceedings of the Eighth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2707-1
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1995.580714
