A Four-Channel, 10 Gbps Monolithic Optical Receiver In 130nm CMOS With Integrated Ge Waveguide Photodetectors

conference paper
conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in OFC/NFOEC 2007 - 2007 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

p. 1-3
https://doi.org/10.1109/ofc.2007.6889107

Abstract

we introduce the world's first multi-channel, high-speed optical receiver using Ge waveguide photodetectors monolithically integrated in the CMOS process. The integrated receivers achieves a sensitivity of -14.2dBm (10^-12 BER) at 10Gbps and 1550nm.

Keywords

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
PHOTODETECTORS
DETECTORS
SILICON
OPTICAL RECEIVERS
CMOS PROCESS

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