Characterization and performance evaluation of CMOS photodetectors implemented in optoelectronic circuits

Author

Bhadri, Prashant ; Mal, Prosenjit ; Konanki, Sunil ; Beyette, Fred R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2002

Abstract

The ability to produce a high performance monolithic CMOS photodetector could enable greater use of optics in short-distance communication systems and photonic information processing systems. The quest for a photodetector compatible with a high-volume high-yield CMOS process has yet to produce a clear winner, and has proven quite challenging. We present in this paper several different photodetector structures implemented with a conventional CMOS fabrication process that can be incorporated into optical data links and information processing systems. As a result, it combines the parallelism associated with optics and the data processing capabilities associated with CMOS logic.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; optical information processing; photodetectors; CMOS photodetectors; data processing capabilities; high-yield CMOS process; information processing systems; optical data links; optoelectronic circuits; performance evaluation; photodetector structures; photonic information processing systems; short-distance communication systems; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS memory circuits; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Integrated circuit technology; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical receivers; Photodetectors; Photodiodes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2002. MWSCAS-2002. The 2002 45th Midwest Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7523-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2002.1186948

Filename

1186948