Silicon Photonic Micro-Ring Modulator-based 4 x 112 Gb/s O-band WDM Transmitter with Ring Photocurrent-based Thermal Control in 28nm CMOS

Autor: Zhe Xuan, Haisheng Rong, Meer Sakib, Ranjeet Kumar, Ganesh Balamurugan, James E. Jaussi, Chun-Ming Hsu, Peicheng Liao, Hao Li, Jahnavi Sharma
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: VLSI Circuits
DOI: 10.23919/vlsicircuits52068.2021.9492486
Popis: We present a 4λ×112 Gb/s/λ hybrid-integrated silicon photonic TX suitable for 400G Ethernet modules and co-packaged optics. The photonic IC (PIC) uses cascaded micro-ring modulators (MRMs) with integrated heaters for efficient wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). The 28nm CMOS electronic IC includes PAM4 MRM drivers with nonlinear FFE and control circuits to stabilize MRM performance against process and temperature variations. A thermal control scheme based on sensing MRM photocurrents is used to minimize monitoring hardware in the PIC. Measured results demonstrate 112 Gb/s PAM4 operation with
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