Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers

• Main Authors: Schneider, Kerstin (Author), Zimmermann, Horst (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Springer Series in ADVANCED MICROELECTRONICS, 23
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Engineering.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electrical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Circuits and Systems.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Engineering, general.; Communications Engineering, Networks.
• Physical Description: XVI, 196 p. 191 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540296140
• ISSN: 1437-0387 ;

Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers primarily treats the circuit design of optical receivers with external photodiodes. Continuous-mode and burst-mode receivers are compared. The monograph first summarizes the basics of III/V photodetectors, transistor and noise models, bit-error rate, sensitivity and analog circuit design, thus enabling readers to understand the circuits described in the main part of the book. In order to cover the topic comprehensively, detailed descriptions of receivers for optical data communication in general and, in particular, optical burst-mode receivers in deep-sub-µm CMOS are presented. Numerous detailed and elaborate illustrations facilitate better understanding.