• DocumentCode
    1359014
  • Title

    Monolithic AGC loop for a 160 Mb/s transimpedance amplifier

  • Author

    Meyer, Robert G. ; Mack, William D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1331
  • Lastpage
    1335
  • Abstract
    A new BiCMOS monolithic automatic gain control (AGC) amplifier with wide dynamic range is described. The forward gain path has 120 kΩ transimpedance, 140 MHz bandwidth, input noise current spectral density of 1.17 pA/√Hz and input signal current handling capability of 4 mA. An on-chip peak detector incorporating a 25 pA current source yields AGC hold times in the millisecond range
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; automatic gain control; optical communication equipment; preamplifiers; pulse amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; 140 MHz; 160 Mbit/s; 25 pA; 4 mA; BiCMOS AGC amplifier; automatic gain control; monolithic AGC loop; onchip peak detector; transimpedance amplifier; wide dynamic range; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Capacitors; Detectors; Distortion; Noise level; Optical fiber communication; Photodetectors; Pulse amplifiers; Signal processing; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4.535419
  • Filename
    535419