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19-2934; Rev 1; 6/07
10Gbps Modulator Driver
General Description
The MAX3942 is designed to drive high-speed optical modulators at data rates up to 10.7Gbps. It functions as a modulation circuit, with an integrated control op amp externally programmed by a DC voltage. A high-bandwidth, fully differential signal path is internally implemented to minimize jitter accumulation. When a clock signal is available, the integrated data-retiming function can be selected to reject input-signal jitter. The MAX3942 receives differential CML signals (groundreferenced) with on-chip line terminations of 50Ω. Each of the differential outputs has an on-chip 50Ω resistor for back termination.