Title :
A 25-Gb/s 49-mW CMOS-driven equalized optical link
Author :
Lee, B.G. ; Proesel, J. ; Rylyakov, A.V. ; Baks, C. ; Li, N.Y. ; Xie, C. ; Jackson, K.P. ; Schow, C.L.
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A low-power CMOS-driven VCSEL-based link using a 2-tap feed-forward equalizer in the transmitter is reported at 850-nm wavelengths. Power efficiencies of 1.5, 2.0, and 3.8 pJ/b are achieved at 22.5, 25, and 28.5 Gb/s, respectively.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; optical links; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 2-tap feed-forward equalizer; bit rate 22.5 Gbit/s; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; bit rate 28.5 Gbit/s; low-power CMOS-driven VCSEL-based link; power 49 mW; power efficiencies; transmitter; wavelength 850 nm; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Sensitivity; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358523
