A 90-Gb/s Modulator Driver IC Based on Functional Distributed Circuits for Optical Transmission Systems

Yasuyuki SUZUKI; Zin YAMAZAKI; Masayuki MAMADA

doi:10.1587/transele.E93.C.1266

A 90-Gb/s Modulator Driver IC Based on Functional Distributed Circuits for Optical Transmission Systems

Yasuyuki SUZUKI, Zin YAMAZAKI, Masayuki MAMADA

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A monolithic modulator driver IC based on InP HBTs with a new circuit topology -- called a functional distributed circuit (FDC) -- for over 80-Gb/s optical transmission systems has been developed. The FDC topology includes a wide-band amplifier designed using a distributed circuit, a digital function designed using a lumped circuit, and broadband impedance matching between the lumped circuit and distributed circuit to enable both wider bandwidth and digital functions. The driver IC integrated with a 2:1 multiplexing function produces 2.6-V_p-p (differential output: 5.2 V_p-p) and 2.4- V_p-p (differential output: 4.8 V_p-p) output-voltage swings with less than 450-fs and 530-fs rms jitter at 80 Gb/s and 90 Gb/s, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is equivalent to the highest data rate operation yet reported for monolithic modulator drivers. When it was mounted in a module, the driver IC successfully achieved electro-optical modulation using a dual-drive LiNbO₃ Mach-Zehnder modulator up to 90 Gb/s. These results indicate that the FDC has the potential to realize high-speed and functional ICs for over-80-Gb/s transmission systems.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E93-C No.8 pp.1266-1272

Publication Date: 2010/08/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1353

DOI: 10.1587/transele.E93.C.1266

Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Heterostructure Microelectronics with TWHM 2009)

Category: III-V High-Speed Devices and Circuits

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Yasuyuki SUZUKI, Zin YAMAZAKI, Masayuki MAMADA, "A 90-Gb/s Modulator Driver IC Based on Functional Distributed Circuits for Optical Transmission Systems" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics, vol. E93-C, no. 8, pp. 1266-1272, August 2010, doi: 10.1587/transele.E93.C.1266.
Abstract: A monolithic modulator driver IC based on InP HBTs with a new circuit topology -- called a functional distributed circuit (FDC) -- for over 80-Gb/s optical transmission systems has been developed. The FDC topology includes a wide-band amplifier designed using a distributed circuit, a digital function designed using a lumped circuit, and broadband impedance matching between the lumped circuit and distributed circuit to enable both wider bandwidth and digital functions. The driver IC integrated with a 2:1 multiplexing function produces 2.6-V_p-p (differential output: 5.2 V_p-p) and 2.4- V_p-p (differential output: 4.8 V_p-p) output-voltage swings with less than 450-fs and 530-fs rms jitter at 80 Gb/s and 90 Gb/s, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is equivalent to the highest data rate operation yet reported for monolithic modulator drivers. When it was mounted in a module, the driver IC successfully achieved electro-optical modulation using a dual-drive LiNbO₃ Mach-Zehnder modulator up to 90 Gb/s. These results indicate that the FDC has the potential to realize high-speed and functional ICs for over-80-Gb/s transmission systems.
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