Receiver and transmitter designs for optical interconnects

Marc E. Landgraf; Charles A. Eldering; Stephen T. Kowel; Patrick F. Brinkley

doi:10.1117/12.23446

27 December 1990 Receiver and transmitter designs for optical interconnects

Marc E. Landgraf, Charles A. Eldering, Stephen T. Kowel, Patrick F. Brinkley

Proceedings Volume 1347, Optical Information Processing Systems and Architectures II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23446
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Fundamental design issues are discussed relevant to the free-space optical interconnection of silicon-integrated circuits. Such systems require spatial light modulators integrated onto the surface of very large scale integrated devices, and detection circuits which allow recovery of the optically transmitted signal. Transmitter and receiver designs are discussed for free-space optical interconnects, and the design of a differential detection circuit is examined which allows recovery of binary data from a transmitter under condition of low modulation efficiency. Results from a custom fabricated CMOS differential receiving circuit are given which demonstrate the feasibility of low modulation differential detection.

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Marc E. Landgraf, Charles A. Eldering, Stephen T. Kowel, and Patrick F. Brinkley "Receiver and transmitter designs for optical interconnects", Proc. SPIE 1347, Optical Information Processing Systems and Architectures II, (27 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23446

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