• DocumentCode
    1549061
  • Title

    Monolithic amplifier with AGC and differential output for 622 Mbit/s optical communications

  • Author

    Plevridis, S. ; Birbas, A. ; Triantis, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ., Greece
  • Volume
    146
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    55
  • Lastpage
    59
  • Abstract
    The authors deal with the implementation of a monolithic optical amplifier for SDH/SONET applications operating at speeds up to 622 Mbit/s. The amplifier incorporates automatic gain control (AGC) and differential output, so it is capable of being connected directly to a quantiser and a clock recovery chip-set. The presented design is fabricated on a cheap 1.2 μm BiCMOS technology which is actually an enhanced CMOS technology offering only NPN bipolar transistors
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; SONET; automatic gain control; differential amplifiers; optical communication equipment; synchronous digital hierarchy; 1.2 micron; 622 Mbit/s; BiCMOS technology; SDH/SONET; automatic gain control; differential output; monolithic optical amplifier; optical communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits, Devices and Systems, IEE Proceedings -
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1350-2409
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-cds:19990272
  • Filename
    785295