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Laser-induced Forward Transfer for Flip-chip Packaging of Single Dies
Published on: March 20, 2015
0.18-microm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor push-pull vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser driver operating
David V Plant1, Alan E L Chuah, Michael B Venditti
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7. plant@photonics.ece.mcgill.ca
Abstract:
A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) driver design that utilizes a novel push-pull circuit topology is described. The VCSEL driver design can provide both a current pushing and a current pulling mechanism and therefore is capable of producing symmetric rise and fall times. The design was implemented in a 0.18-microm foundry n-well complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology and operates at data rates up to 2.5 Gb/s with a power consumption of 45 mW at an average optical output power of 1 mW.
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