High-speed MSM/MESFET-based optoelectronic integrated circuit (OEIC) receivers for data communications

摘要

Abstract: Low cost high performance optoelectronic components are critical for the success of fiber optic data links in applications such as chip-to-chip, board-to-board, or station-to-station interconnects. We present the current status of low-cost short wavelength (0.85 $mu@m) GaAs MSM/MESFET (metal-semiconductor-metal/metal semiconductor field effect transistor) monolithic opto-electronic integrated circuit (OEIC) receiver arrays. Four-channel OEIC receiver arrays have been designed, fabricated and tested. BERs of less than 10$+$MIN@9$/ with 300 mV differential output voltages have been achieved at a bit-rate of 1 Gb/s with a $MIN@16 dBm 2$+7$/-1 pseudo-random bit sequence (PRBS) input optical signal. !6