Title :
A 4-channel 2.5Gb/s/channel 66dBΩ inductorless transimpedance amplifier [optical receiver applications]
Author :
Muller, Paul ; Leblebici, Yusuf ; Emsley, Matthew K. ; Ünlü, M. Selim
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Syst. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We present a fully differential transimpedance amplifier array with 4 parallel channels achieving an aggregate bandwidth of 10 Gb/s in 0.18 μm digital CMOS technology. This array is intended to be bundled with an existing silicon-only photodetector to demonstrate the feasibility of monolithic silicon-based photo-detection in the GHz range. The presented transimpedance amplifier drives a load of up to 0.6 pF and handles photodiode capacitance of up to 1 pF.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; differential amplifiers; optical receivers; photodetectors; 0.18 micron; 0.6 pF; 2.5 Gbit/s; CMOS; amplifier array; fully differential amplifier; inductorless transimpedance amplifier; monolithic silicon-based photo-detection; optical receivers; photodiode capacitance; quad parallel-channel amplifier; silicon-only photodetector; Aggregates; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Differential amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical receivers; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2004. ESSCIRC 2004. Proceeding of the 30th European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8480-6
DOI :
10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356726
