Course Structure/Operation
This is a one semester course involving lectures, projects and exams.
Pre-requisites:
Basic core undergraduate courses in electronics, i.e, familiarity with CMOS and circuit analysis, and computer-aided design tools for circuit design such as Cadence.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, it is expected that students will be able to:
Detailed Course Outline
- Common circuit blocks: opamps, references, stability, etc.
- Compact models for optical devices: phase shifter (pin, thermal, etc.), ring modulator, detector
- Optical Link budget analysis
- Receivers: Basic concepts, limiting receiver, linear receiver, Trans-impedance Amplifier (TIA) Design; Limiting Amplifiers; Input offset cancellation; AGC techniques
- Transmitters - Modulator drivers, termination, bias control
- Laser drivers
- Tuning circuits
- Packaging considerations - wirebond/bump and package parasitics
- Fabrication technology description, design rules, process details
- Experimental methodoloty
- Clock and data recovery