Design, modeling, and characterization of FET-SEED smart pixel transceiver arrays for optical backplanes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1391-1397

  Plant, David V ^a,b,d,e,f   Shang, Alain Z ^b,g,h,i   Otazo, Marcos R ^b   Rolston, David R ^b   Robertson, Brian ^b   Hinton, H Scott ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^g Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; TRANSCEIVERS;

OPTICAL BACKPLANES; SMART PIXEL TRANSCEIVER ARRAYS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030211902     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.511552     Document Type: Article

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