Opto-RF

The ever growing demand for always more capable interconnections, is moving a lot of attention into the optical world. This has led to the creation of an Opto-RF research group, in partnership with the Huawei research center in Milano. This group is in charge of designing the electrical part of transmitters and receivers for such applications. The focus is on CMOS technology, which is not so widespread in this field, and the goal is to achieve comparable or even better results than the most common BiCMOS. The two main limitations are the lower break-down voltage, and transconductance, while cost, better integration of analog and digital parts and the possibility to use complementary structures are the interesting features.