This book explores the unique advantages and large inherent transmission capacity of optical fiber communication systems. The long-term and high-risk research challenges of optical transceivers are analyzed with a view to sustaining the seemingly insatiable demand for bandwidth. A broad coverage of topics relating to the design of high-speed optical devices and integrated circuits, oriented to low power, low cost, and small area, is discussed.Written by specialists with many years of research and engineering experience in the field of optical fiber communication, this book is essential for an audience dedicated to the development of integrated electronic systems for optical communication applications. It can also be used as a supplementary text for graduate courses on optical transceiver IC design.Contents:Design Considerations for Integrated Modulator Drivers in Silicon Germanium Technology (S Pavan et al.)Compact Low-Noise Pulse Generating Lasers with Repetition Rates of 10 to 50 GHz (G J Spühler et al.)Integrated Wide-Band CMOS Duobinary Transmitter for Optical Communication Systems (R Tao & M Berroth)A 10 Gb/s Equalizer with Integrated Clock and Data Recovery for Optical Communication Systems (D S McPherson et al.)Equalizer Architectures for 40-Gb/s Optical Systems Limited by Polarization-Mode Dispersion (J Sewter & A C Carusone)Trade-Offs in High-Speed Serial Link ICs (S Li)High-Speed Architectures and Building Blocks for Clock and Data Recovery Systems (C S Vaucher et al.)MOS Current Mode Logic Circuits: Design Consideration in High-Speed Low-Power Applications and Its Future Trend, A Tutorial (Y Liu et al.)Recent Progress in 40- to 100 Gbit/s-Class Optical Communications ICs using InP-Based HBT Technologies (K Ishii et al.)40 Gb/s TDM System Transceiver Prototype in InP HBT Technology (K Krishnamurthy et al.)Enhanced Network Signaling for 10 Gigabit Ethernet to Achieve a LAN-WAN Seamless Interface and Its Implementation in the PHY-LSI/Transceiver Module (H Ichino et al.)Readership: Engineers, researchers, practitioners, academics, upper level and undergraduates in integrated circuits and device design in the fields of electronic engineering, semiconductor physics and microelectronics.