IEICE Trans - All Si-Based Low Operating-Voltage and Low Power-Dissipation Device for Optical Interface

All Si-Based Low Operating-Voltage and Low Power-Dissipation Device for Optical Interface

Hsiu-Chih LEE
Shyh-Cheng LEE
Yi-Pin LIN
Cheng-Kuang LIU

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E88-C No.7 pp.1490-1494
Publication Date: 2005/07/01
Online ISSN:
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e88-c.7.1490
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Lasers, Quantum Electronics
Keyword:
light emitting device, CMOS process, alignment, photodiode,

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Summary:
Based on the Si CMOS process, a low operating voltage and low power light emitting device is presented. It has a power transfer efficiency of 1 to 2 orders higher than previous reports and can be used as a high efficiency photodiode. Configurations using the same structure as both the light emitter and the optical receiver, and employing a simple modulation instrument is then proposed for applications in the chip-to-chip optical alignment and the signal transmission. Only single power supply is required in the emitter-receiver circuits and is compatible with other integrated circuits made by the CMOS process.