A DC to 40 GHz 4-Vpp output high-efficiency linear driver for optical communication

Xiao Liu; Xi Zhang; Rainier van Dommele; Hao Gao; Domine Leenaerts; Marion K. Matters-Kammerer

doi:10.23919/APMC.2018.8617463

A DC to 40 GHz 4-Vpp output high-efficiency linear driver for optical communication

Xiao Liu, Xi Zhang, Rainier van Dommele, Hao Gao, Domine Leenaerts, Marion K. Matters-Kammerer

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Abstract

This paper presents a low-power high-efficiency linear driver for optical modulators in a 0.25-m SiGe: C BiCMOS technology. The driver features a small-signal gain of 18 dB and a 3-dB bandwidth of 40 GHz and delivers a maximum output amplitude of 4 Vpp to a 100 differential load. With the inductor-peaking method, this driver achieves 34 ps ± 3 ps group delay from DC to 50 GHz. For time-domain measurement, this driver achieves a symbol rate of 56 Gb/s NRZ and 28.05 Gbaud PAM4 limited by measurement platform limitations while it has potential to achieve 50 Gbaud PAM4 from design analysis and S-parameter measurement. The bandwidth/fT ratio is 22.2%, the power efficiency is 4%, and the power consumption is 499 mW which is 40% lower than the state-of-the-art.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1519-1521
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-4-9023-3945-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/APMC.2018.8617463
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2019
Event	30th Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018 - Kyoto, Japan Duration: 6 Nov 2018 → 9 Nov 2018

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Conference	30th Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018
Country	Japan
City	Kyoto
Period	6/11/18 → 9/11/18

Keywords

BiCMOS
Distributed amplifiers
Driver amplifiers
Inductor peaking
Optical communication

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Liu, X., Zhang, X., van Dommele, R., Gao, H., Leenaerts, D., & Matters-Kammerer, M. K. (2019). A DC to 40 GHz 4-Vpp output high-efficiency linear driver for optical communication. In 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018 (pp. 1519-1521). [8617463] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.23919/APMC.2018.8617463

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Liu, X, Zhang, X, van Dommele, R , Gao, H , Leenaerts, D & Matters-Kammerer, MK 2019, A DC to 40 GHz 4-Vpp output high-efficiency linear driver for optical communication. in 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018., 8617463, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, pp. 1519-1521, 30th Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018, Kyoto, Japan, 6/11/18. https://doi.org/10.23919/APMC.2018.8617463

A DC to 40 GHz 4-Vpp output high-efficiency linear driver for optical communication. / Liu, Xiao; Zhang, Xi; van Dommele, Rainier ; Gao, Hao ; Leenaerts, Domine ; Matters-Kammerer, Marion K.

2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018. Piscataway : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019. p. 1519-1521 8617463.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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