Title :
High Performance Optical Receiver Using a PIN Photodiode and Amplifier for Operation in the Millimeter-wave Region
Author :
Gomez-Rojas, L. ; Gomes, N.J. ; Wang, X. ; Davies, P.A. ; Wake, D.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Group, Electronic Engineering Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7LS, UK, Tel: +44 1227 82 7993, Fax: +44 1227 456084, email: leg@ukc.ac.uk
Abstract :
A highly efficient photodiode plus amplifier hybrid module in the mm-wave region is demonstrated. The design uses a broadband edge-coupled PIN photodiode and a MMIC amplifier interconnected through a microstrip matching circuit. An improvement of 9 dB in output power is demonstrated at 27 GHz compared to the same PIN diode connected to a 5O¿ amplifier without matching.
Keywords :
Broadband amplifiers; Integrated circuit interconnections; MMICs; Millimeter wave circuits; Operational amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical receivers; PIN photodiodes; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
Conference_Location :
Paris, France
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2000.338662
