Transmitter predistortion for simultaneous improvements in bit rate, sensitivity, jitter, and power efficiency in 20 Gb/s CMOS-Driven VCSEL links

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-405

  Rylyakov, Alexander V ^a   Schow, Clint L ^a   Lee, Benjamin G ^a   Doany, Fuad E ^a   Baks, Christian W ^a   Kash, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits; driver circuits; equalization; feed forward equalization (FFE); optical communication; optical receivers; optoelectronic devices; photodetectors; photodiodes (PDs); pre emphasis; semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DRIVER CIRCUIT; EQUALIZATION; FEED-FORWARD; PRE-EMPHASIS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TRANSMITTERS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84863011695     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2171917     Document Type: Article

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