A Versatile Si-Bipolar Driver Circuit with High Output Voltage Swing for External and Direct Laser Modulation in 10 Gb/s Optical-Fiber Links

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1014-1021

  Rein, H M ^a   Schmid, R ^a   Herzog, T ^b   Weger, P ^b   Smith, T ^b   Lachner, R ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

HIGH OUTPUT VOLTAGE SWING; LASER MODULATION; SILICON BIPOLAR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0028499206     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.309897     Document Type: Article

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