Load resistor effect on intermodulation distortion in CATV PINs

Author

Wang, H.S. ; Jaing, C.-L. ; Effenberger, F.J.

Author_Institution

AMP-Lytel Div., Somerville, NJ, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

25-28 May 1998

Firstpage

1391

Lastpage

1394

Abstract

A computational model of carrier transport in PIN photodiodes has been developed to study the effects of the load resistance and diffusion profile on the nonlinear distortion performance of the device. The model employs the one dimensional finite difference method to solve the field and carrier continuity equations. The distortion was calculated for several values of input optical power, load resistance, and doping profile. These results are in good agreement with the experimentally measured results

Keywords

cable television; carrier mobility; finite difference methods; intermodulation distortion; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; PIN photodiodes; carrier continuity equations; carrier transport; diffusion profile; doping profile; input optical power; intermodulation distortion; load resistor effect; nonlinear distortion performance; one dimensional finite difference method; Computational modeling; Difference equations; Finite difference methods; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear equations; Optical distortion; PIN photodiodes; Resistors; Semiconductor process modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components & Technology Conference, 1998. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4526-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1998.678925

Filename

678925