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This demonstration proves that ion-implanted GaAs MESFET technology is able to provide a high level of integration and more than 15 Gb/s of operation.","Based on the experience obtained in the successful implementation of the 10 GHz receivers and motivated by the increasing demand for highly parallel optical interconnects, high-performance two-dimensional 4 x 4 and 8 x 8 smart-pixel arrays utilizing Vitesse's HGaAs-III 0.6 $\\mu$m E/D MESFET process have been developed. The main design goals are aggregated data rates of 16 and 64 Gb/s (at 1 Gb/s/channel for 4 x 4 and 8 x 8 arrays), power consumption of 100 mW/channel, and sensitivity of better than $-$20 dBm. To make the data transmission transparent, fully dc-coupled circuits are designed. Obstacles in array implementation are also solved, by the novel design of the fully differential optical receivers. Approximately 5,000 and 20,000 active devices are integrated in the 4 x 4 and 8 x 8 arrays, respectively. They are by far the most complicated and densely integrated GaAs OEIC circuits. The simulated results of the complete circuits show that the design goals of low power, high speed, high density, high sensitivity, high process and power supply tolerance are met. The concepts and the design methodologies generated in the development of such circuits are expected to have an impact on the future generations of OEIC chips.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:46:21Z (GMT). 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