45% Power Saving in a 0.25/spl mu/m BiCMOS 10Gb/s 50/spl Omega/-Terminated Packaged Active-Load Laser Driver

45% Power Saving in a 0.25/spl mu/m BiCMOS 10Gb/s 50/spl Omega/-Terminated Packaged Active-Load Laser Driver

A 0.25mum BiCMOS laser driver based on active loads allows operation at 10Gb/s while drawing 5mA from a 1.8V supply. The design guarantees the correct matching of the driver outputs without the use of physical 50Omega load resistors. This enables a theoretical current consumption reduction of 50% (4...

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Hauptverfasser: Ayranci, Emre, Christensen, Kenn, Andreani, Pietro
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
BiCMOS integrated circuits
Driver circuits
Energy consumption
Laser feedback
Laser noise
Optical design
Packaging
Power lasers
Power measurement
Resistors
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Zusammenfassung:A 0.25mum BiCMOS laser driver based on active loads allows operation at 10Gb/s while drawing 5mA from a 1.8V supply. The design guarantees the correct matching of the driver outputs without the use of physical 50Omega load resistors. This enables a theoretical current consumption reduction of 50% (45% in the actual prototype) compared to the traditional laser-driver design.
ISSN:0193-6530
2376-8606
DOI:10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373539