A 0.35 μm low-noise adaptive pad driver for high-speed optical wireless receivers

Author

Lin, Fu-Chum ; Holburn, D.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ.

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

17-17 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

563

Abstract

This paper addresses the design of a high-speed low-noise pad driver for optical wireless communication receiver applications. This pad driver operates at bit rates of up to 310 Mb/s, has enough driving capability to drive a range of high loading capacitive output pads (0.5 pF - 20 pF) and produces a rail-to-rail output voltage while improving immunity to noise from interconnects and package parasitics. Simulations on the pad driver circuit using 0.35 mum CMOS technology are provided, confirming the accuracy of expected performance such as low power dissipation, low power/ground bounce, and low output ringing

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; driver circuits; low-power electronics; optical receivers; 0.35 micron; 0.5 to 20 pF; 310 Mbit/s; CMOS; capacitive output pads; driving capability; high-speed optical wireless receivers; interconnect noise; low output ringing; low power dissipation; low power/ground bounce; low-noise adaptive pad driver; noise immunity; optical wireless communication; package parasitics; rail-to-rail output voltage; Adaptive optics; Bit rate; CMOS technology; High speed optical techniques; Optical design; Optical interconnections; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Rail to rail outputs; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa

Conference_Location

Gaborone

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8605-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRICON.2004.1406741

Filename

1406741