Séminaires du Chapitre IEEE CAS/EMB: Pluggable Optics Are Alive and Well par / by Mike Bichan PhD, Marvell Technology Inc. Quand / When : 8 juin 2026 à 10h00 / June 8, 2026, at 10:00am

This talk explores the evolving role of pluggable optics in high-speed data-center interconnects, highlighting why they remain a dominant solution despite emerging alternatives such as co-packaged optics. After introducing the architecture of optical modules and the tradeoffs between pluggable, co-packaged, and scale-out interconnect strategies, the presentation reviews key optical link technologies, including intensity-modulated direct-detect and coherent systems, fiber types, and device implementations such as VCSELs, Mach-Zehnder modulators, and electro-absorption modulators. The talk then examines practical design challenges in modern optical PHYs—such as transmitter performance (e.g., TDECQ), high swing driver design, link budgeting, power constraints, and jitter. Finally, recent advancements in >400 Gb/s per lane direct-detect systems are discussed, illustrating how continued innovation in CMOS, photonics, and system architecture enables scaling to ever higher data <a href="http://rates.

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Co-sponsored by: ReSMiQ / IEEE Solid State Circuits Society (SSCS)

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