• DocumentCode
    1670637
  • Title

    A 3.125 Gb/s limit amplifier with 42 dB gain and 1 μs offset compensation in 0.18 μm CMOS

  • Author

    Crain, Ethan ; Perrott, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Microsystems Technol. Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    232
  • Abstract
    An offset-compensation method uses a peak detector and multiple tap feedback to achieve 1000× improvement in settling time compared to prior art. Measurement results for a 3.125 Gb/s limit amplifier with 42 dB gain implemented in a 0.18 μm CMOS process are presented.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; feedback amplifiers; integrated circuit design; optical communication equipment; peak detectors; 0.18 micron; 1 mus; 3.125 Gbit/s; 42 dB; CMOS process; SONET applications; amplifier gain; multiple tap feedback; offset compensation; peak detector; settling time; Bandwidth; Differential amplifiers; Diodes; Filters; Jitter; Optical signal processing; SONET; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8904-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1493954
  • Filename
    1493954