Advanced photonic devices and systems typically include electronic components for signal transduction, signal
processing, and actuation. Mature and stable silicon microfabrication technologies offer a generous menu of options for
building application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for reasonable dollar costs. An ASIC device can compress
complex electronic functions into a single silicon chip, greatly reducing the size and mass of the electronic portion of the
system. We discuss the use of mature-technology silicon ASICs for electronic interface to cutting-edge-technology
optical sensors and actuators, including considerations of how the space environment impacts the ASIC design, and
noting the interesting fact that consideration of silicon area is nearly irrelevant to the present-day economics of low-volume
ASIC fabrication.
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