40-Gb/s high-power modulator driver IC for lightwave communication systems

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1520-1524

  Lao, Zhihao ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Thiede, Andreas ^a,b   Nowotny, Ulrich ^b   Lienhart, Hariolf ^b   Hurm, Volker ^b   Schlechtweg, Michael ^a,b   Hornung, Jochen ^b   Bronner, Wolfgang ^b   Köhler, Klaus ^b   Hülsmann, Axel ^b   Raynor, Brian ^b   Jakobus, Theo ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b Faunhofer Inst Appl Solid State P   (Germany)

^c Rockwell Semiconductor Systems   (United States)

^d Sichuan University ^*

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data decision; HEMT IC; Modulator driver; Optic fiber links; SCFL

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; GATES (TRANSISTOR); HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS;

SOURCE COUPLED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR LOGIC (SCFL);

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0032186542     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.720398     Document Type: Article

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