12.5-Gb/s analog front-end of an optical transceiver in 0.13-μm CMOS

Author

Dong-Wook Kim ; Han-Kyu Chi ; Yu-Sang Chun ; Myung-Heon Chin ; Gyungock Kim ; Deog-Kyoon Jeong

Author_Institution

Inter-Univ. Semicond. Res. Center, Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2013

fDate

19-23 May 2013

Firstpage

1115

Lastpage

1118

Abstract

In this work, a 12.5-Gb/s trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) with capacitive peaking, limiting amplifier (LA) based on the Cherry-Hooper amplifier, and high-voltage laser/modulator driver are proposed in 0.13-μm CMOS process. The TIA and the LA operate without any inductors, and the TIA achieves a trans-impedance gain of 52.9-dBΩ and a bandwidth of 14.3GHz. The TIA and the LA use the negative Miller effect to extend the bandwidth without using any inductors. The core layout occupies an area of only 35*150 μm². The laser/modulator driver of the transmitter drives the capacitance of the Mach-Zehnder modulator which contributes around 1.2pF. Using only thin MOS devices, the output swing of the driver exceeds 2.4V. The measurement results show the overall operating speed of 12.5-Gb/s.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; MIS devices; driver circuits; integrated circuit layout; integrated circuit measurement; integrated optoelectronics; masers; microwave amplifiers; microwave integrated circuits; modulators; operational amplifiers; optical limiters; optical modulation; optical transceivers; CMOS process; Cherry-Hooper amplifier; Mach-Zehnder modulator; TIA; analog front-end; bandwidth 14.3 GHz; bit rate 12.5 Gbit/s; capacitive peaking; high-voltage laser-modulator driver; inductor; limiting amplifier; negative Miller effect; optical transceiver; size 0.13 mum; thin MOS device; transimpedance amplifier; transmitter drive; voltage 2.4 V; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Capacitance; MOS devices; Modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing

ISSN

0271-4302

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5760-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2013.6572046

Filename

6572046