Design Techniques for Signal Reflection Suppression in High-Speed 25-Gb/s Laser Drivers in CMOS

In this letter, we propose design techniques to suppress high-speed signal reflections observed in direct-modulated laser drivers. The first technique utilizes active back-termination (ABT) to absorb the reflected energy from the laser impedance mismatch. In the second design, capacitively coupled pre-emphasis (CCPE) is proposed to cancel the transient over-shooting observed from the bond-wire ref...