• DocumentCode
    399176
  • Title

    High gain 40 Gb/s InP HBT drivers for EO/EA modulators

  • Author

    Krishnamurthy, K. ; Pullela, R. ; Chow, J. ; Xu, J. ; Jaganathan, S. ; Mensa, D. ; Rodwell, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Gtran Inc., Newbury Park, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    761
  • Abstract
    Single chip high gain InP HBT modulator drivers for 40 Gb/S systems are presented. With 30 dB gain, 41 GHz bandwidth and 6Vp-p differential output, the need for external pre-amplifiers and bias networks are eliminated. Transmitter performance with EO/EA modulators are evaluated.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; optical transmitters; preamplifiers; 30 dB; 40 Gbit/s; 41 GHz; 6 V; EA modulators; EO modulator; InP; bias networks elimination; external pre-amplifiers elimination; single chip InP HBT driver; transmitter performance; Bandwidth; Driver circuits; Electrooptic modulators; Extinction ratio; Frequency domain analysis; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Indium phosphide; Jitter; Packaging; Scattering parameters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248552
  • Filename
    1248552