Title :
AlGaAs/GaAs HBT limiting amplifier for 10 Gbps optical transmission system
Author :
Bongsin Kwark ; Moon Soo Park
Author_Institution :
Opt. Transmission Sect., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejon, South Korea
Abstract :
A 10 Gbit/s limiting amplifier IC for optical transmission system was implemented with AlGaAs HBT technology. Amplifier was designed to support differential input and output. Small signal performance of the packaged IC achieves 26 dB gain and f/sub 3dB/ of 8 GHz. A single output has 800 mV/sub p-p/ swing with more than 26 dB dynamic range. The performance of the limiting amplifier was verified through single mode fiber 320 km transmission link test.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC amplifiers; aluminium compounds; bipolar MMIC; differential amplifiers; gallium arsenide; microwave limiters; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; 10 Gbit/s; 26 dB; 320 km; 8 GHz; AlGaAs-GaAs; HBT limiting amplifier; differential input; differential output; dynamic range; optical transmission system; single mode fiber; small signal performance; transmission link test; Differential amplifiers; Dynamic range; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Integrated circuit packaging; Optical amplifiers; Performance gain; Photonic integrated circuits; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 1997., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4063-9
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.1997.598741
