Optical receivers in CMOS using Ge-on-SOI photodiodes

We report three different optical receivers, consisting of Ge-on-SOI photodiodes paired with CMOS ICs, that operate at bit rates as high as 19 Gb/s and consume as little as 1.1 mW/Gbps from a single 1.1-V supply at 10 Gb/s. © 2006 IEEE.