VCSEL enabled silicon photonic interconnect technology (C10)

这项研究将研究用于高性能集成电路技术的新型光学I/O技术，例如SiGe：C BiCMOS。在这项研究的框架中，我们打算研究一种使用直接调制的、发射约1300 nm的高速VCSEL的硅光子I/O“引擎”，这些VCSEL是在研究集群内开发的。这项工作还将得到其他项目的支持。直接调制和硅光子学的结合是实现高功率效率光I/O的一种新方法。我们将从混合集成和电路设计两个方面来研究光子BiCMOSIC上的VCSEL驱动。将研究新型的耦合和VCSEL结构，以达到与硅光子学平台的最佳耦合。电路设计技术将用于优化I/O应用的系统性能。

This study will study novel optical I/O techniques for high performance integrated circuit technologies such as SiGe:C BiCMOS. In the frame of this study we intend to investigate a silicon photonic I/O "engine" using directly modulated high-speed VCSELs emitting around 1300nm that are being developed inside the research cluster. This work will also be supported by other projects. The combination of direct modulation and silicon photonics is a novel approach to highly power efficient optical I/O. We shall investigate both hybrid integration aspects as well as circuit design for VCSEL driving on photonic BiCMOS ICs. Novel coupling and VCSEL structures will be studied to arrive at optimal coupling to the silicon photonics platform. Circuit design techniques will be used to optimize system performance for I/O applications.