113Gb/s (10 x 11.3Gb/s) ultra-low power EAM driver array

Opt Express. 2013 Jan 14;21(1):256-62. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.000256.

Abstract

This paper presents an ultra-low power SiGe BiCMOS IC for driving a 10 channel electro-absorption modulator (EAM) array at 113Gb/s for wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) applications. With an output swing of 2.5V(pp), the EAM driver array consumes only 2.2W or 220mW per channel, 50% below the state of the art. Both the output swing and bias are configurable between 1.5 and 3.0V(pp) and 0.75-2.15V respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't