Title :
The noise performance of 20 GHz optical receivers using a distributed amplifier and p-i-n photodiode combination with matched and unmatched input terminations
Author :
Jia Yi Liang ; Aitchison, C.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK
Abstract :
High speed optical receivers have been fabricated by using p-i-n diode and distributed amplifier combinations. The preliminary experimental results show that the +/-3 dB bandwidth from 1 GHz to 20 GHz was achieved for both input matched and unmatched configurations, while the later reduced the average equivalent input noise to nearly half the value of the former.
Keywords :
distributed amplifiers; high-speed optical techniques; impedance matching; optical noise; optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; 1 to 20 GHz; bandwidth; distributed amplifier; high speed optical receiver; matched input terminations; noise; p-i-n photodiode; unmatched input terminations; Capacitance; Circuit noise; Distributed amplifiers; Frequency measurement; Frequency response; High speed optical techniques; Optical noise; Optical receivers; P-i-n diodes; PIN photodiodes;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3246-6
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1996.511084
