Extreme-broadband Analog ICs Based on InP HBT Technology toward Multi-Tbit/s Optical Communications

Abstract

To cope with the rapid growth of communications traffic, transmission capacity per channel (wavelength) in optical core networks is required to reach the multi-Tbit/s level in the next decade. In this article, we review our latest extreme-broadband analog integrated circuits (ICs), e.g., 110-GHzbandwidth analog multiplexer/analog de-multiplexer ICs and 200-GHz-bandwidth amplifier, mixer, and combiner ICs, based on our in-house indium phosphide (InP) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology that can break through the bandwidth bottlenecks in optical transceivers and be key enablers toward future multi-Tbit/s/ch optical communications systems.