Dual-channel 56 Gb/s PAM-4 electro-absorption modulator driver for 3D wafer scale packaging

Xi Zhang; Xiao Liu; A.R. van Dommele; Marion K. Matters-Kammerer

doi:10.23919/APMC.2018.8617323

Dual-channel 56 Gb/s PAM-4 electro-absorption modulator driver for 3D wafer scale packaging

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This paper presents the design and measurement of a 2 × 56 Gb/s PAM-4 dual-channel electro-absorption modulator (EAM) driver in a 0.25-μm SiGe:C BiCMOS process for 3D wafer scale packaging. In this paper, a new EAM coupling method for 3D wafer scale packing is presented. The driver employs an optimized output interface with the EAM, which increases the output voltage swing by 53% while keep the same bandwidth and power consumption. The driver has 13.7 dB of gain with a 3 dB bandwidth of 31.5 GHz, which delivers 3 V _ppd at 56 Gb/s PAM-4 and consumes 364.5 mW per channel, resulting in a figure of merit of 6.5 pJ/bit.

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	237-239
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-4-9023-3945-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/APMC.2018.8617323
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2019
Event	2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018 - Kyoto, Japan Duration: 6 Nov 2018 → 9 Nov 2018 Conference number: 30

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

Keywords

Broadband amplifier
Electro-absorption modulator (EAM)
Modulator driver
PAM-4
SiGe:C BiCMOS integrated circuit

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Zhang, X, Liu, X, van Dommele, AR & Matters-Kammerer, MK 2019, Dual-channel 56 Gb/s PAM-4 electro-absorption modulator driver for 3D wafer scale packaging. in 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018., 8617323, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, pp. 237-239, 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018, Kyoto, Japan, 6/11/18. https://doi.org/10.23919/APMC.2018.8617323

Dual-channel 56 Gb/s PAM-4 electro-absorption modulator driver for 3D wafer scale packaging. / Zhang, Xi; Liu, Xiao; van Dommele, A.R. et al.
2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2018. Piscataway: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019. p. 237-239 8617323.

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