Title :
Time-delay circuit model of high-speed p-i-n photodiodes
Author :
Jou, Jau-Ji ; Liu, Cheng-Kuang ; Hsiao, Chien-Mei ; Lin, Huang-Hsiang ; Lee, Hsiu-Chih
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
fDate :
4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have proposed an equivalent electric circuit model of p-i-n photodiode including the transit-time effect for performance evaluation of optical systems through the aid of a SPICE-like circuit simulator. No model-dependent close-form expression is necessary in our model. Its validity is shown for the analysis of frequency response in simplified p-i-n photodiodes with different lengths of i-region under uniform or nonuniform illumination. Its application to eye-diagram analysis is demonstrated also.
Keywords :
SPICE; equivalent circuits; frequency response; p-i-n photodiodes; semiconductor device models; SPICE-like circuit simulator; equivalent electric circuit model; eye-diagram analysis; frequency response; high-speed p-i-n photodiodes; i-region; nonuniform illumination; optical systems; p-i-n photodiode; p-i-n photodiodes; performance evaluation; time-delay circuit model; transit-time effect; uniform illumination; Charge carrier processes; Circuit simulation; Equations; High speed optical techniques; Lighting; Optical fiber communication; Optoelectronic devices; PIN photodiodes; Radiative recombination; Spontaneous emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
