Ciena Corporation

Bruce Beggs

Ahmed Mustafa

Naim Ben Hamida

Faisal Ahmed Musa

An integrated circuit device includes a digital-to-analog converter with multiple bit slices, each bit slice having a differential pair of driver transistors. A driver circuit includes the differential pairs of driver transistors, multiple series cascode transistors, and current bleed paths to modify drain-to-source currents in the various cascode transistors. Additional embodiments include series peaking circuits, back termination networks, and neutralization capacitors. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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Bruce Beggs