Design of a high-transimpedance CMOS receiver for 600 Mb/s optical communications

Author

Guessab, S. ; Benabes, P. ; Kielbasa, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Meas., SUPELEC, Yvette, France

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

6-9 Dec. 2004

Firstpage

53

Abstract

The transistor-level design of a CMOS receiver for optical communications is presented. Transient as well as AC simulations show it converts very low 600 Mb/s photocurrent signals (7 μA) into output voltage signals of 3.3 V. It ensures DC photocurrent rejection and can operate in two modes, depending on whether there is data transmission or not. The power consumption never exceeds 200 mW. The circuit is fully composed with CMOS inverters and passive components. Its area is around 190 μm × 160 μm.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication; optical receivers; 3.3 V; 600 Mbits/s; 7 muA; AC simulation; CMOS inverters; DC photocurrent rejection; high-transimpedance CMOS receiver; optical communications; output voltage signal; passive components; photocurrent signals; power consumption; transient simulation; transistor-level design; Bandwidth; Data communication; High speed optical techniques; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical design; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2004. Proceedings. The 2004 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8660-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCCAS.2004.1412689

Filename

1412689