Demonstration of retiming capability of silicon bipolar time-division multiplexer operating to 24 Gbit/s

The retiming capability of a high-speed silicon bipolar time-division multiplexer IC is demonstrated. At an output data rate of 20 Gbit/s, a clock phase margin of 150 degrees was measured. The maximum data rate of 24 Gbit/s is the best experimental value reported for silicon multiplexers.