A 24-Channel 300 Gb/s 8.2 pJ/bit Full-Duplex Fiber-Coupled Optical Transceiver Module Based on a Single “Holey” CMOS IC

• DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2010.pdpa8
• Publication Date: 2013-04-12T21:20:54Z
• Authors: Alexander V. Ryly...; Clint L. Schow; Fuad E. Doany; Benjamin G. Lee; Christopher Jahnes; Young Kwark; Christian Baks; Daniel M. Kuchta; Jeffrey A. Kash
• Keywords: Transceiver; Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

24-channel 850-nm VCSEL and PD arrays are flip-chip soldered to 90-nm CMOS "holey" 48-channel 12.5-Gb/s/channel transceiver chip, featuring through-substrate holes for optical I/O. Aggregate 300-Gb/s bi-drectional data rate is highest reported single-chip modules.