Abstract: The present disclosure provides for process and temperature compensation in a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) using a dual replica via monitoring an output of a first TIA (transimpedance amplifier) and a second TIA; configuring a first gain level of the first TIA based on a feedback resistance and a reference current applied at an input to the first TIA; configuring a second gain level of the second TIA and a third TIA based on a control voltage; and amplifying a received electrical current to generate an output voltage using the third TIA according to the second gain level. In some embodiments, one or both of the second TIA and the third TIA include a configurable feedback impedance used in compensating for changes in the second gain level due to a temperature of the respective second or third TIA via the configurable feedback impedance of the respective second or third TIA.

Abstract: Methods of making a poly(propylenimine) (PPI) sorbent, a PPI sorbent, structures including the PPI sorbent, methods of separating CO2 using the PPI sorbent, and the like, are disclosed.

Abstract: An electro-optic device comprises in order, an electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer, an electro-optic material layer, an adhesive layer, and a backplane substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes configured to apply an electrical potential between the electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer and the pixel electrodes. An activation region, comprising an identification marker, is located in a layer of the electro-optic device and it emits radiation of a characteristic wavelength upon activation by a stimulus, enabling the identification of the manufacturing source and the manufacturing lot of the electro-optic device and its components. The technology is also relevant for a front plane laminate and a double release sheet, which are useful components for the manufacture of electro-optic devices.

Abstract: An electro-optic device comprises in order, an electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer, an electro-optic material layer, an adhesive layer, and a backplane substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes configured to apply an electrical potential between the electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer and the pixel electrodes. An activation region, comprising an identification marker, is located in a layer of the electro-optic device and it emits radiation of a characteristic wavelength upon activation by a stimulus, enabling the identification of the manufacturing source and the manufacturing lot of the electro-optic device and its components. The technology is also relevant for a front plane laminate and a double release sheet, which are useful components for the manufacture of electro-optic devices.

Abstract: An electro-optic device comprises in order, an electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer, an electro-optic material layer, an adhesive layer, and a backplane substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes configured to apply an electrical potential between the electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer and the pixel electrodes, An activation region, comprising an identification marker, is located in a layer of the electro-optic device and it emits radiation of a characteristic wavelength upon activation by a stimulus, enabling the identification of the manufacturing source and the manufacturing lot of the electro-optic device and its components. The technology is also relevant for a front plane laminate and a double release sheet, which are useful components for the manufacture of electro-optic devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for process and temperature compensation in a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) using a dual replica via monitoring an output of a first TIA (transimpedance amplifier) and a second TIA; configuring a first gain level of the first TIA based on a feedback resistance and a reference current applied at an input to the first TIA; configuring a second gain level of the second TIA and a third TIA based on a control voltage; and amplifying a received electrical current to generate an output voltage using the third TIA according to the second gain level. In some embodiments, one or both of the second TIA and the third TIA include a configurable feedback impedance used in compensating for changes in the second gain level due to a temperature of the respective second or third TIA via the configurable feedback impedance of the respective second or third TIA.

Abstract: Methods of making a poly(propylenimine) (PPI) sorbent, a PPI sorbent, structures including the PPI sorbent, methods of separating CO2 using the PPI sorbent, and the like, are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for waveguide delay based equalization summing at single-ended to differential converters in optical communication are disclosed and may include: in an photonic circuit including a directional coupler, photodetectors, and a gain stage, receiving an input optical signal; splitting the input optical signal into first and second optical signals using the directional coupler; generating a first current from the first optical signal using a first photodetector; communicating the first voltage to a first input of the gain stage; generating a second current from the second optical signal using a second photodetector; communicating the second voltage to a second input of the gain stage; and generating a differential output voltage based on the first and second currents using the gain stage.

Abstract: An electro-optic device comprises in order, an electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer, an electro-optic material layer, an adhesive layer, and a backplane substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes configured to apply an electrical potential between the electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer and the pixel electrodes. An activation region, comprising an identification marker, is located in a layer of the electro-optic device and it emits radiation of a characteristic wavelength upon activation by a stimulus, enabling the identification of the manufacturing source and the manufacturing lot of the electro-optic device and its components. The technology is also relevant for a front plane laminate and a double release sheet, which are useful components for the manufacture of electro-optic devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for process and temperature compensation in a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) using a dual replica via monitoring an output of a first TIA (transimpedance amplifier) and a second TIA; configuring a first gain level of the first TIA based on a feedback resistance and a reference current applied at an input to the first TIA; configuring a second gain level of the second TIA and a third TIA based on a control voltage; and amplifying a received electrical current to generate an output voltage using the third TIA according to the second gain level. In some embodiments, one or both of the second TIA and the third TIA include a configurable feedback impedance used in compensating for changes in the second gain level due to a temperature of the respective second or third TIA via the configurable feedback impedance of the respective second or third TIA.

Abstract: Methods and systems for process and temperature compensation in a transimpedance amplifier using a dual replica and configurable impedances is disclosed and may include a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) circuit comprising a first TIA, a second TIA, a third TIA, and a control loop. The first TIA comprises a fixed feedback resistance and the second and third TIAs each comprise a configurable feedback impedance. The system may comprise a gain stage with inputs coupled to outputs of the first and second TIAs and with an output coupled to the configurable feedback impedance of the second and third TIAs. The circuit may be operable to configure a gain level of the first TIA based on the fixed feedback resistance and a reference current applied at an input to the first TIA, and configure a gain level of the second and third TIAs based on a control voltage generated by the gain stage.

Abstract: Methods and systems for waveguide delay based equalization with optical splitting in optical communication may include an optoelectronic circuit comprising an input waveguide, a directional coupler, an optical delay, photodetectors, a current mirror, and a transimpedance amplifier. The optoelectronic circuit may receive an input optical signal via the input waveguide, split the input optical signal into first and second output signals using the directional coupler, delay the first output signal using the optical delay, convert the delayed first output signal to a first electrical signal using a first photodetector, convert the second output signal to a second electrical signal using a second photodetector, amplify the second electrical signal using the current mirror, and sum the first and second electrical signals at inputs of the transimpedance amplifier to generate an output voltage.

Abstract: Methods and systems for waveguide delay based equalization with current and optical summing in optical communication are disclosed and may include an optoelectronic receiver including a directional coupler, two or more photodetectors, and one or more current mirrors. The optoelectronic receiver may be operable to: receive an input optical signal; split the input optical signal into first and second optical signals using the directional coupler; generate a first electrical from the first optical signal using a first photodetector; generate a second electrical signal from the second optical signal using a second photodetector; mirror the second electrical signal using the current mirror; and sum the first electrical signal with the amplified second electrical signal. The optoelectronic receiver may be operable to delay the first optical signal before generating the first electrical signal, using a waveguide delay.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a distributed Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) with an integrated feed forward equalizer (FFE) may include a photonic chip comprising an optical modulator having diode drivers, local voltage domain splitters, and delay elements, where each is distributed along a length of the optical modulator. Outputs of the delay elements may be coupled to inputs of the local domain splitters, and outputs of the local voltage domain splitters may be coupled to inputs of the diode drivers. A feed forward equalization (FFE) module comprising a configurable delay element with inverted outputs coupled to one of the delay elements along the length of the modulator, may be coupled to a local voltage domain splitter. An input electrical signal may be received and delayed using the delay elements and coupled to the local domain splitters, and input electrical signals for the diode drivers may be generated using the local domain splitters.

Abstract: Methods and systems for an optoelectronic built-in self-test (BIST) system for silicon photonics optical transceivers may include an optoelectronic transceiver having a transmit (Tx) path and a receive (Rx) path, where the Rx path includes a main Rx path and a BIST loopback path. The system may generate a pseudo-random bit sequence (PRBS) signal, generate an optical signal in the Tx path by applying the PRBS signal to a modulator, communicate the optical signal to the BIST loopback path and convert the optical signal to an electrical signal utilizing a photodetector, where the photodetector is a replica of a photodetector in the main Rx path, and assess the performance of the Tx and Rx paths by extracting a PRBS signal from the electrical signal. The transceiver may be on a single complementary-metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) die, or on two CMOS die where a first comprises electronic devices and a second comprises optical devices.

Abstract: Methods and systems for waveguide delay based equalization with current and optical summing in optical communication are disclosed and may include an optoelectronic receiver including a directional coupler, two or more photodetectors, and one or more current mirrors. The optoelectronic receiver may be operable to: receive an input optical signal; split the input optical signal into first and second optical signals using the directional coupler; generate a first electrical from the first optical signal using a first photodetector; generate a second electrical signal from the second optical signal using a second photodetector; mirror the second electrical signal using the current mirror; and sum the first electrical signal with the amplified second electrical signal. The optoelectronic receiver may be operable to delay the first optical signal before generating the first electrical signal, using a waveguide delay.

Abstract: Methods and systems for waveguide delay based equalization with optical splitting in optical communication may include an optoelectronic circuit comprising an input waveguide, a directional coupler, an optical delay, photodetectors, a current mirror, and a transimpedance amplifier. The optoelectronic circuit may receive an input optical signal via the input waveguide, split the input optical signal into first and second output signals using the directional coupler, delay the first output signal using the optical delay, convert the delayed first output signal to a first electrical signal using a first photodetector, convert the second output signal to a second electrical signal using a second photodetector, amplify the second electrical signal using the current mirror, and sum the first and second electrical signals at inputs of the transimpedance amplifier to generate an output voltage.

Abstract: Methods and systems for waveguide delay based equalization summing at single-ended to differential converters in optical communication are disclosed and may include: in an photonic circuit including a directional coupler, photodetectors, and a gain stage, receiving an input optical signal; splitting the input optical signal into first and second optical signals using the directional coupler; generating a first current from the first optical signal using a first photodetector; communicating the first voltage to a first input of the gain stage; generating a second current from the second optical signal using a second photodetector; communicating the second voltage to a second input of the gain stage; and generating a differential output voltage based on the first and second currents using the gain stage.

Abstract: Methods and systems for accurate gain adjustment of a transimpedance amplifier using a dual replica and servo loop is disclosed and may include, in a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) circuit comprising a first TIA, a second TIA, and a third TIA, each comprising a configurable feedback impedance, and a control loop, where the control loop comprises a gain stage with inputs coupled to outputs of the first and second TIAs and an output coupled to the configurable feedback impedance of the second and third TIAs: configuring a gain level of the first TIA by configuring its feedback impedance, configuring a gain level of the third TIA by configuring a reference current applied to an input of the first TIA, and amplifying a received electrical signal to generate an output voltage utilizing the third TIA. The reference current may generate a reference voltage at one of the inputs of the gain stage.

Abstract: Methods and systems for waveguide delay based equalization with current and optical summing in optical communication are disclosed and may include an optoelectronic receiver including a directional coupler, two or more photodetectors, and one or more current mirrors. The optoelectronic receiver may be operable to: receive an input optical signal; split the input optical signal into first and second optical signals using the directional coupler; generate a first electrical from the first optical signal using a first photodetector; generate a second electrical signal from the second optical signal using a second photodetector; mirror the second electrical signal using the current mirror; and sum the first electrical signal with the amplified second electrical signal. The optoelectronic receiver may be operable to delay the first optical signal before generating the first electrical signal, using a waveguide delay.