Monostable-Bistable Threshold Logic Elements in a fully complementary optical receiver circuit for high frequency applications

Author

Matiss, Andreas ; Poloczek, Artur ; Brockerhoff, Wolfgang ; Prost, Werner ; Tegude, Franz-Josef

Author_Institution

Solid-State Electron. Dept., Univ. of Duisburg, Essen

fYear

2008

fDate

25-29 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A fully complementary optical receiver design is presented utilizing two Monostable-Bistable Threshold Logic Elements, consisting of four Resonant Tunneling Diodes and a pin-photodetector in one circuitry. By complementary on and off switching of the two Monostable-Bistable Logic Elements it is possible to double the sampling rate of the optically generated photocurrent. Measurements on fabricated circuits have shown functionality up to 13.2 Gbit/s.

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; optical logic; optical receivers; optical switches; p-i-n photodiodes; photodetectors; resonant tunnelling diodes; bit rate 13.2 Gbit/s; fully complementary optical receiver circuit; monostable-bistable threshold logic elements; off switching; on switching; photocurrent; pin-photodetector; resonant tunneling diodes; sampling rate; Diodes; Frequency; Logic circuits; Logic design; Optical design; Optical receivers; Photoconductivity; RLC circuits; Resonant tunneling devices; Sampling methods; Bistable; Monostable; Optical Receiver; Resonant Tunneling Diodes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2008. IPRM 2008. 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Versailles

ISSN

1092-8669

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2258-6

Electronic_ISBN

1092-8669

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIPRM.2008.4702921

Filename

4702921