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A 30 Gb/s CMOS driver integrated with silicon photonics MZM

A 30 Gb/s CMOS driver integrated with silicon photonics MZM
A 30 Gb/s CMOS driver integrated with silicon photonics MZM
A voltage mode modulator driver is proposed in the TSMC 65nm low power CMOS process. In the electrical testing, the driver itself can achieve a bit rate of 40Gb/s with the single-ended output swing of 1.65V. Unlike equivalent CML modulator drivers, when the proposed driver is integrated with the silicon photonic MZM, it does not require an additional biasing network. The integrated electro-optic transmitter can achieve 30Gb/s with an extinction ratio of 4.05dB, with the power consumption of main driver being 323mW.
Li, Ke
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Thomson, D.
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Wilson, Peter R.
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Liu, Shenghao
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Reed, Graham T.
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Li, Ke
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Thomson, D.
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Wilson, Peter R.
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Liu, Shenghao
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Reed, Graham T.
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Li, Ke, Thomson, D., Wilson, Peter R., Liu, Shenghao and Reed, Graham T. (2015) A 30 Gb/s CMOS driver integrated with silicon photonics MZM. RFIC 2015: 2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC2015/Microwave Week 2015, Phoenix, United States. 17 - 19 May 2015. (doi:10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337767).

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Abstract

A voltage mode modulator driver is proposed in the TSMC 65nm low power CMOS process. In the electrical testing, the driver itself can achieve a bit rate of 40Gb/s with the single-ended output swing of 1.65V. Unlike equivalent CML modulator drivers, when the proposed driver is integrated with the silicon photonic MZM, it does not require an additional biasing network. The integrated electro-optic transmitter can achieve 30Gb/s with an extinction ratio of 4.05dB, with the power consumption of main driver being 323mW.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 February 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 November 2015
Published date: 30 November 2015
Venue - Dates: RFIC 2015: 2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC2015/Microwave Week 2015, Phoenix, United States, 2015-05-17 - 2015-05-19
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, EEE

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Local EPrints ID: 374682
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/374682
PURE UUID: 5b596c68-5d81-4dfa-824c-aa09710654c0

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Date deposited: 26 Feb 2015 15:42
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 19:11

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Author: Ke Li
Author: D. Thomson
Author: Peter R. Wilson
Author: Shenghao Liu
Author: Graham T. Reed

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