A BiCMOS limiting amplifier for SONET OC-3

Author

Wang, Chorng-Kuang ; Huang, Po-Chiun ; Huang, Chen-Yi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan

Volume

31

Issue

8

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1197

Lastpage

1200

Abstract

This paper presents a Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) OC-3 155.52 Mb/s limiting amplifier, which is implemented in a 1.0 μm double-poly double-metal N-well BiCMOS technology. Composed of amplifier cells, a slicer, an output driver, and offset cancellation circuits, this limiting amplifier allows an input dynamic range of 36 dB (6 mV_pp~400 mV_pp) and provides a constant output 1 V _pp across a 50 Ω load for long-haul 40 km application. The active area of this limiting amplifier is 0.8 mm×3.0 mm. It consumes 130 mW from a single -5 V supply voltage

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; SONET; amplifiers; limiters; optical communication equipment; -5 V; 1.0 micron; 130 mW; 155.52 Mbit/s; 40 km; SONET OC-3; double-poly double-metal N-well BiCMOS technology; driver; dynamic range; limiting amplifier; long-haul application; offset cancellation circuit; slicer; synchronous optical network; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Driver circuits; Dynamic range; Limiting; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical receivers; SONET; Stimulated emission; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.508270

Filename

508270