• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.561-567
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• 2017

This paper presents a 4-channel common-cathode VCSEL driver array operating up to 6.25 Gb/s per channel for the applications of HDMI 2.0 active optical cables. The proposed VCSEL driver consists of an input buffer, a modified Cherry-Hooper amplifier as a pre-driver, and a main driver with pre-emphasis to drive a common-cathode VCSEL diode at high-speed full switching operations. Particularly, the input buffer merges a linear equalizer not only to broaden the bandwidth, but to reduce power consumption simultaneously. Measured results of the proposed 4-channel VCSEL driver array implemented in a $0.13-{\mu}m$ CMOS process demonstrate wide and clean eye-diagrams for up to 6.25-Gb/s operation speed with the bias current 2.0 mA and the modulation currents of $3.1mA_{PP}$. Chip core occupies the area of $0.15{\times}0.1{\mu}m^2$ and dissipate 22.8 mW per channel.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제49권8호
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• pp.22-26
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 0.18um CMOS(1P4M) 공정을 이용하여 HDMI용 액티브 광케이블에 적합한 채널당 2.5-Gb/s의 동작 속도를 갖는 광 수신기를 구현하였다. 광 수신기는 차동 증폭구조를 가지는 트랜스임피던스 증폭기, 5개의 증폭단을 갖는 리미팅 증폭기, 출력 버퍼단으로 구성된다. 트랜스임피던스 증폭기는 피드백 저항을 가진 인버터 입력구조로 구현함으로써 낮은 잡음지수와 작은 전력소모를 갖도록 설계하였다. 연이은 차동구조 증폭기 및 출력 버퍼단을 통해 전체 전압이득을 증가하였고, 리미팅 증폭단과의 연동을 용이하게 했다. 리미팅 증폭기는 다섯 단의 증폭단과 출력 버퍼단, 옵셋 제거 회로단으로 이루어져 있다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 제안한 광 수신기는 $91dB{\Omega}$ 트랜스임피던스 이득, 1.55 GHz 대역폭(입력단 0.32 pF의 포토다이오드 커패시턴스 포함), 16 pA/sqrt(Hz) 평균 잡음 전류 스펙트럼 밀도, 및 -21.6 dBm 민감도 ($10^{-12}$ BER)를 갖는다. 또한, DC 시뮬레이션 결과, 1.8-V의 전원전압에서 총 40 mW의 전력을 소모한다. 제작한 칩은 패드를 포함하여 $1.35{\times}2.46mm^2$의 면적을 갖는다. optical eye-diagram 측정 결과, 2.5-Gb/s 동작속도에서 크고 깨끗한 eye-diagram을 보인다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.461-472
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• 2012

This study proposes an optics-based active sensing system for continuous monitoring of underground pipelines in nuclear power plants (NPPs). The proposed system generates and measures guided waves using a single laser source and optical cables. First, a tunable laser is used as a common power source for guided wave generation and sensing. This source laser beam is transmitted through an optical fiber, and the fiber is split into two. One of them is used to actuate macro fiber composite (MFC) transducers for guided wave generation, and the other optical fiber is used with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors to measure guided wave responses. The MFC transducers placed along a circumferential direction of a pipe at one end generate longitudinal and flexural modes, and the corresponding responses are measured using FBG sensors instrumented in the same configuration at the other end. The generated guided waves interact with a defect, and this interaction causes changes in response signals. Then, a damage-sensitive feature is extracted from the response signals using the axi-symmetry nature of the measured pitch-catch signals. The feasibility of the proposed system has been examined through a laboratory experiment.