60 Gbit/s regenerating demultiplexer in SiGe bipolartechnology

Abstract
A 1:2 demultiplexer is presented which operates at up to 60 Gbit/s. This data rate is a record value for all ICs in any technology and has so far only been achieved by a time-division multiplexer recently presented by the authors . The IC, which was fabricated in an SiGe bipolar technology and mounted on a simple measuring socket, is also well suited for retiming data streams, e.g. in the receiver of future fibre optic transmission systems.