250 Mbit/s over 100 m SI-POF with RCLED source using integrated post-equaliser

Author

Atef, M. ; Swoboda, R. ; Zimmermann, Horst

Author_Institution

EMCE, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria

Volume

48

Issue

12

fYear

2012

Firstpage

718

Lastpage

720

Abstract

A high-speed transmission over step-index plastic optical fibre (SI-POF) using a resonant cavity light emitting diode (RCLED) is described. The integrated optical receiver is realised in 0.6 m BiCMOS technology with an integrated large-area Si photodiode. The design consists of a TIA, equaliser and post-amplifier stage followed by a 50 output driver. The integrated equaliser can be adapted via an external control voltage to different SI-POF lengths and RCLED limited bandwidths. A data rate of 250 Mbit/s can be transmitted over a 50 m-long SI-POF with a sensitivity of 22dBm at BER of 10^-9 and over a 100 m-long SI-POF with a sensitivity of 24 dBm at a BER of 10^-6.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; cavity resonators; light emitting diodes; optical receivers; BiCMOS technology; RCLED limited bandwidth; RCLED source; bit rate 250 Mbit/s; external control voltage; high-speed transmission; integrated post-equaliser; optical receiver; photodiode; resistance 50 ohm; resonant cavity light emitting diode; sensitivity; size 100 m; step-index plastic optical fibre;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2012.0474

Filename

6215321