A HYBRIDIZED OPTICAL THYRISTOR - CMOS RECEIVER FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS

Authors
AYADI K BICKEL G KUIJK M HEREMANS P BORGHS G VOUNCKX R
Citation
K. Ayadi et al., A HYBRIDIZED OPTICAL THYRISTOR - CMOS RECEIVER FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 9(5), 1997, pp. 669-671
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
9
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
669 - 671
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1997)9:5<669:AHOT-C>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We present a sensitive digital receiver for optoelectronic interconnec ts, consisting of a differential pair of optical thyristors with a CMO S comparator amplifier, The thyristor pair receives a dual-rail code l ight input, and switches consequently to either its electrical low sta te or its electrical high state, This generates a differential output of 360 mV, which is sensed and latched by a dedicated high input imped ance, high speed CMOS comparator amplifier, A functional operation of 50 Mb/s is demonstrated.