100 Gbit/s fully integrated InP DHBT-based CDR/1:2 DEMUX IC

In this paper, a 100 Gbit/s fully integrated clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit with 1:2 demultiplexer (DEMUX) is presented. The integrated circuit (IC) is realized using an in-house InP double heterostructure bipolar transistor (DHBT) technology exhibiting cut-off frequency values of more than 300 GHz for both f(T) and f(max). The CDR IC consists mainly of a half-rate linear phase detector including a 1:2 DEMUX, a loop filter, and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). A 100 Gbit/s data signal at the corresponding input of the CDR circuit gives rise to 50 Gbit/s recovered and demultiplexed output data featuring clear eye opening and a voltage swing of 500 mV(pp). The extracted 50 GHz clock signal from the input data features a voltage swing of 250 mV(pp), while the corresponding peak-to-peak (pp) and rms jitter amount to 2.1 ps and 0.5 ps, respectively. The full IC dissipates 2.1 W at a single supply voltage of -4.5 V.