High-Speed Optical Receivers with Integrated Photodiode in Nanoscale CMOS

• Main Authors: Tavernier, Filip (Author), Steyaert, Michiel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: Analog Circuits and Signal Processing ; 5
• Subjects: Engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.

This book describes the design of optical receivers that use the most economical integration technology, while enabling performance that is typically only found in very expensive devices.  To achieve this, all necessary functionality, from light detection to digital output, is integrated on a single...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Optical communication – A high-level perspective
• From light to electrical current – The photodiode
• From current to voltage – The transimpedance amplifier
• Increasing the speed – The equalizer
• Towards a rail-to-rail voltage – The post amplifier
• Chip implementations
• Conclusions.