Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Silicon photonics modulator driver
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Application No.: US14698974Application Date: 2015-04-29
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Publication No.: US09654061B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Kadaba Lakshmikumar , Craig Appel
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan LLP
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45 ; H03F3/08 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F1/08

Abstract:
Embodiments generally relate to a conversion arrangement, a driver arrangement, and a method of producing a complementary complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) output signal for driving a modulator device. The conversion arrangement includes a differential amplifier configured to produce a first amplified signal based on the differential input signal, and at least two transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) coupled with respective outputs of the differential amplifier and configured to produce a second amplified signal based on the first amplified signal. Respective bias voltages for the TIAs are based on the first amplified signal. The conversion arrangement further includes a common-mode feedback arrangement coupled with outputs of the TIAs and configured to control the first amplified signal based on the second amplified signal, thereby controlling the bias voltages, wherein the complementary CMOS output signal is based on the second amplified signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160112016A1 SILICON PHOTONICS MODULATOR DRIVER Public/Granted day:2016-04-21
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