A GaAs transceiver chip for optical data transmission

Conference · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5946173

Mirabelli, G; Petrolo, E; Valente, E ^[1]; Cardarelli, R; Santonico, R ^[2]; Ferrer, M L ^[3]

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1. Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma (Italy)
2. Sezione di Roma 2 and Univ. di Roma (Italy). Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
3. Lab. Nazionali di Frascati (Italy). Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

The present article describes a transceiver VLSI chip for optical data transmission, at 1 Gbit/s (1.4 Gbit/s in selected production), made in GaAs technology. The transceiver makes the parallel-to-serial and serial-to-parallel conversion as well as the encoding and decoding of 32 bit data words. The circuit operates in a completely asynchronous mode, allowing the possibility of switching on-off the transmission in few nsec and of using the transceiver not only in point-to-point topologies, but also in flooding topologies (i.e. star connections). The radiation hardness and the relatively low power consumption, respect to TTL, of the GaAs, extend the use of the chip to a large number of applications in present and future high energy physics experimental apparatus.

• OSTI ID: 5946173
• Report Number(s): CONF-921005--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 40:4 part 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
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FIBERS
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RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION HARDENING