Table 2 Power consumption by device

From: Real-time photonic blind interference cancellation

Device

Power (μW)

Count

  

fQ = 2 GBaud

fQ = 10 GBaud

Digital System

Photonic System

Nyquist ADC, 1-bit

0.239

30.0

–

2

Nyquist ADC, 6-bit

244

30,700

2Nr

–

Sub-Nyquist ADC, 6-bit

0.771

0.771

–

1

Digital Signal Recovery MAC

2000

10,000

2Nr

–

Statistic Calculation MAC

100

100

2

2

Optical Carrier

192

960

–

Nr

MRR

120

120

–

Nr

Total

Digital System

4,488Nr + 200

81,400Nr + 200

  
 

Photonic System

312Nr + 200

1, 080Nr + 260

  
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