A Compact Verilog-A Model of Silicon Carrier-Injection Ring Modulators for Optical Interconnect Transceiver Circuit Design Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 1983-2012 IEEE. Optical interconnect system efficiency is dependent on the ability to optimize the transceiver circuitry for low-power and high-bandwidth operation, motivating co-simulation environments with compact optical device simulation models. This paper presents a compact Verilog-A silicon carrier-injection ring modulator model, which accurately captures both non-linear electrical and optical dynamics. The device's electrical behavior is described by a p-i-n diode SPICE model, while the optical response is captured with a dynamic ring resonator model, which considers the ring's cumulative phase shift. Experimental verification of the model is performed both at 8 Gb/s with symmetric drive signals to study the impact of pre-emphasis pulse duration, pulse depth, and dc bias, and at 9 Gb/s with a 65 nm CMOS driver capable of asymmetric pre-emphasis pulse duration. The potential for 15 Gb/s operation is shown by utilizing the presented model for optimization of the asymmetric pre-emphasis signal waveform.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Lightwave Technology

author list (cited authors)

  • Wang, B., Li, C., Chen, C., Yu, K., Fiorentino, M., Beausoleil, R. G., & Palermo, S.

citation count

  • 19

complete list of authors

  • Wang, Binhao||Li, Cheng||Chen, Chin-Hui||Yu, Kunzhi||Fiorentino, Marco||Beausoleil, Raymond G||Palermo, Samuel

publication date

  • June 2016