@inproceedings{ef8ae88a5bf7450887057ca02022c54d,
title = "A 3.8-Gb/s CMOS laser driver with automatic power control using thermistors",
abstract = "A 3.8-Gb/s laser driver with automatic power control (APC) using thermistors is presented. The chip was fabricated in 0.25mum 1P5M CMOS process. With a waveform shaping circuit, the driver could generate a 5mA to 60mA modulation current with its duty cycle maintained at 50%. A modified MUX circuit is also introduced to improve the jitter performance of both the direct and latched data output. And with a thermistor-APC compensation circuit, the laser power could be maintained within a temperature range from -30 degC to 80degC without using any monitor photodiode. Measurements on mounted chips show clear electrical eye diagrams operating over 3.8-Gb/s data rate with typical rise/fall times (20% to 80%) of 104/109ps. Moreover, an optical eye diagram is also demonstrated by connecting the driver with a 2.5-Gb/s 1310nm laser diode.",
keywords = "power lasers, thermistors, driver circuits, CMOS process, jitter",
author = "Day-Uei Li and Wen-Hui Chen and Long-Xi Chang and Chueh-Hao Yu",
year = "2007",
month = jun,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1109/ISCAS.2007.377834",
language = "English",
isbn = "1424409209",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "2546--2549",
booktitle = "IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2007",
}