Title :
A 26-Gb/s 1.80-pJ/b CMOS-driven transmitter for 850-nm common-cathode VCSELs
Author :
Shibata, M. ; Carusone, A. Chan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A 26-Gb/s, 1.80-pJ/b transmitter composed of a 65-nm bulk-CMOS driver and an 850nm VCSEL array in a QFN package is demonstrated. The VCSEL´s anode is directly modulated without a negative supply voltage at 0.82-dBm OMA.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; cathodes; driver circuits; optical links; optical modulation; optical transmitters; surface emitting lasers; 65-nm bulk-CMOS driver; 850-nm common-cathode VCSEL array; CMOS-driven transmitter; QFN package; anode modulation; bit rate 26 Gbit/s; parallel optical links; Anodes; CMOS integrated circuits; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Roads; Threshold voltage; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
