A Si-bipolar AGC amplifier IC with high gain and wide dynamic range for 10 Gb/s optical-fiber receivers

Author

Moller, M. ; Rein, H.-M. ; Wernz, H.

Author_Institution

Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany

fYear

1994

fDate

22-25 May 1994

Firstpage

107

Lastpage

110

Abstract

A complete linear automatic-gain-control (AGC) amplifier for a 10 Gb/s optical fiber link was integrated on a single chip using a Si-bipolar production technology. It is characterized by a high gain of 37 dB, linear operation over a wide input dynamic range of 46 dB, a maximum data rate of 13 Gb/s, and a gain-independent 3-dB cut-off frequency of 10 GHz. Moreover, a special 50-/spl Omega/ input termination circuit with only small return loss as well as two separate output buffers are used.<>

Keywords

automatic gain control; bipolar integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; linear integrated circuits; optical fibres; optical losses; optical receivers; silicon; 10 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; 37 dB; bipolar AGC amplifier IC; dynamic range; gain-independent 3-dB cut-off frequency; input dynamic range; input termination circuit; maximum data rate; optical-fiber receivers; output buffers; return loss; Dynamic range; Optical amplifiers; Optical buffering; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Photonic integrated circuits; Production; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1994. Digest of Papers., IEEE 1994

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1418-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1994.332132

Filename

332132