High-Dynamic Range Wide-Band Integrated Receiver for Optical Transmission Using a Gain Switch at the Input

Author

van den Broeke, L.A.D. ; Nieuwkerk, A.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands

fYear

1992

fDate

21-23 Sept. 1992

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

290

Abstract

The front-end of optical transmission systems usually consists of a low-noise wide-band negative-feedback transimpedance or current-amplifier. The dynamic range of this type of amplifier can be extended considerably by using a low-noise current-switch at the input of the amplifier. This switch bypasses large in- put signals directly to the output. The design strategy of both the switch and the amplifier is presented. A complete receiver, having a dynamic range of 83dB in a bandwidth of 220MHz and consuming a supply current of 1.5mA, is realized in a 2.5GHz bipolar technology.

Keywords

feedback; gain control; light transmission; low noise amplifiers; operational amplifiers; optical receivers; bandwidth 220 MHz; current 1.5 mA; current-amplifier; frequency 2.5 GHz; gain switch; high-dynamic range wide-band integrated receiver; low-noise wide-band negative-feedback transimpedance; optical transmission; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Dynamic range; Integrated optics; Low-noise amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Stimulated emission; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1992. ESSCIRC '92. Eighteenth European

Conference_Location

Copenhagen

Print_ISBN

87-984232-0-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESSCIRC.1992.5468177

Filename

5468177