Laser Driver for Optical Comms Hyun_Seokhun_phd.pdf

DESIGN OF HIGH-SPEED CMOS LASER DRIVER USING

A STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY FOR OPTICAL

DATA TRANSMISSION

A Dissertation

Presented to

The Academic Faculty

Seok Hun Hyun

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in the

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA 30332

November, 2004

DESIGN OF HIGH-SPEED CMOS LASER DRIVER USING

A STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY FOR OPTICAL

DATA TRANSMISSION

Approved by:

Dr. Martin Brooke, Advisor

Dr. Bernard Kippelen

School of Electrical and Computer

Engineering

Dr. David Schimmel

Dr. Paul Kohl

School of Electrical and Computer

School of Chemical and Biomolecular

Engineering

Dr. Paul Hasler

Approval Date: November 18, 2004

School of Electrical and Computer

Engineering

To my parents who are always believing in me.

To my lovely wife, Soojung, who kept encouraging me

and my precious Youjin.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to thank my thesis advisor, Dr. Martin A. Brooke. This

work could not have been completed without his support, guidance, patience, and humor.

He is an outstanding researcher, mentor, and tremendous source of motivation. I will

always be grateful for his valuable advice and insight. A special Thank You goes to Dr.

Nan M. Jokerst helped and supported to complete this work. I would like to thank Dr.

David Schimmel, Dr. Paul Hasler, Dr. Bernard Kippelen, and Dr. Paul Kohl for serving

on my thesis committee. I would like to thank many fellow Ph.D. students aided in my

research and understanding. Finally, I have to thank to my family. Soojung has

contributed confidence and encouragement toward the completion of this works and she

always has been there for me, and my parents have been mentors for my life.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS.....................................................................................................v

LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................... viii

LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................... ix

LIST OF ABBERRATIONS ........................................................................................... xiii

SUMMARY..................................................................................................................... xiv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .................................................................................1

1.1 Dissertation Outlines....................................................................................4

CHAPTER II BACKGROUND ...................................................................................7

2.1 Comparison of Optical and Electrical Links................................................7

2.2 Optoelectronic Links..................................................................................12

2.3 Semiconductor Laser .................................................................................13

2.3.1 Modulation Bandwidth in Semiconductor Lasers..........................14

2.3.2 Turn-on delay.................................................................................16

2.3.3 Frequency Chirping .......................................................................17

2.3.4 Temperature Effects.......................................................................18

2.4

Laser Driver ...............................................................................................20

2.5 Evaluating System Performances ..............................................................24

2.5.1 Eye diagram ...................................................................................24

2.5.2 Eye pattern mask............................................................................26

2.5.3 Bit error rate (BER) measurements................................................27

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