DocumentCode
901336
Title
A 50-Mbit/s CMOS optical transmitter integrated circuit
Author
Fisher, Aaron L. ; Linde, N.
Volume
21
Issue
6
fYear
1986
fDate
12/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
901
Lastpage
908
Abstract
An integrated circuit for an optical transmitter has been designed in a standard digital 1.5-μm CMOS technology. This production chip features a 50-MHz digital data scrambler, a trimmable temperature-compensated output current of between 50 and 80 mA, and switching times of <2 ns. Asynchronous speeds of over 200 Mb/s have been achieved. The design objectives of this integrated circuit as well as a detailed design description are given, followed by measured electrical and optical results.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; Data communication equipment; Digital communication systems; Optical communication equipment; Transmitters; data communication equipment; digital communication systems; optical communication equipment; transmitters; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Electric variables measurement; Integrated circuit measurements; Integrated circuit technology; Optical design; Optical transmitters; Photonic integrated circuits; Production;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9200
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JSSC.1986.1052628
Filename
1052628
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