A 1550nm, 10Gbps monolithic optical receiver in 130nm CMOS with integrated Ge waveguide photodetector

This paper introduce the world's first, high-speed optical receiver using Ge waveguide photodetectors monolithically integrated in the CMOS process. The integrated receiver achieves a sensitivity of -14.2 dBm (10
^-12
BER) at 10 Gbps and 1550 nm.