Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 2, 143(2023)
16-channel photonic–electric co-designed silicon transmitter with ultra-low power consumption
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Fig. 1. Proposed SiPh transmitter: (a) hybrid integration; (b) 16-CH MZM; and (c) 8-CH CMOS driver.
Fig. 2. (a) Cross section structure of the SiPh modulator arms. (b) EO bandwidth of the modulator.
Fig. 3. Proposed distributed CMOS driver: (a) driver architecture; (b) two-tap FFE; and (c) push–pull driver cell.
Fig. 4. Measured frequency response of proposed driver: (a) S11; (b) S22; and (c) S21.
Fig. 5. Measured electrical eye diagrams: (a) 32 Gb/s, FFE disabled; (b) 32 Gb/s, FFE enabled; (c) 50 Gb/s, Channel 1; (d) 50 Gb/s, Channel 3; (e) 50 Gb/s, Channel 5; and (f) 50 Gb/s, Channel 7.
Fig. 6. Experimental setup of the optical characterization. EDFA, erbium-doped fiber amplifier; and PRBS, pseudorandom binary sequence.
Fig. 7. Measured optical eye diagrams: (a) 32 Gb/s, FFE disabled; (b) 32 Gb/s, FFE enabled; (c) 50 Gb/s, Channel 1; (d) 50 Gb/s, Channel 3; (e) 50 Gb/s, Channel 5; and (f) 50 Gb/s, Channel 7.
Table 1. Performance Summary and Comparison of SiPh Transmitter
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Transmitter Platform Laser Band Signal Pattern Channel Number Swing ( ) Data Rate (Gb/s) EIC Process Power (mW) Efficiency (pJ/bit) SiPh MRM [ 26 ]O PAM4 1 3.0 112 28 nm CMOS 676 a 6.0 SiPh MZM [ 37 ]O PAM4 4 – 53.15 55 nm BiCMOS 290 5.46 SiPh MZM [ 38 ]O NRZ 1 2.5 25 65 nm CMOS 275 11.0 SiPh MZM [ 39 ]O PAM4 1 – 56 55 nm BiCMOS 300 5.36 SiPh MZM [ 40 ]O NRZ/PAM4 2 4.0 56 130 nm BiCMOS 593 10.6 SiPh MZM [ 41 ]– NRZ/PAM4 1 1.8 56 16 nm CMOS 708 12.6 SiPh MZM [ 27 ]C PAM4 4 – 200 – – – SiPh MZM [ 28 ]C PAM4 2 4.0 50 40 nm CMOS 1340 b 26.8 SiPh MZM [ 29 ]C NRZ 1 – 100 28 nm CMOS 203 2.03 SiPh MZM (This work) C NRZ 16 4.0 50 65 nm CMOS 267.6 5.35
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Jingbo Shi, Ming Jin, Tao Yang, Haowen Shu, Fenghe Yang, Han Liu, Yuansheng Tao, Jiangrui Deng, Ruixuan Chen, Changhao Han, Nan Qi, Xingjun Wang, "16-channel photonic–electric co-designed silicon transmitter with ultra-low power consumption," Photonics Res. 11, 143 (2023)
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Category: Silicon Photonics
Received: Jul. 4, 2022
Accepted: Nov. 19, 2022
Published Online: Jan. 10, 2023
The Author Email: Jingbo Shi (jingboshi@pku.edu.cn), Nan Qi (qinan@semi.ac.cn), Xingjun Wang (xjwang@pku.edu.cn)
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