Electronics Letters · 1998 · 19 citations · 3 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMicroelectronicsOptoelectronicsSemiconductor DevicesCmos Circuit DesignComplementary Metal-oxide-semiconductor TechnologyLaser DiodesOptoelectronic DevicesOxide SemiconductorsSemiconductor LasersCmos Logic CircuitsIntegrated LasersIntegrated Semiconductor LasersLow-threshold Current LasersLow-voltage Cmos DesignPower ConsumptionSemiconductor Laser DiodesVertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers
0.5 µm CMOS technology is used to drive oxide-confined low-threshold current vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes at 2.5 Gbit/s. The 7 mW power consumption for the optoelectronic transmitter is twenty times less than a 3.6 V electronic positive emitter coupled logic transmit circuit and four times less than a 3.6 V electronic low voltage differential signal transmit circuit.
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