Title :
220 MHz optical receiver with large-area integrated PIN photodiode
Author :
Förtsch, Michael ; Zimmermann, Horst ; Pless, Holger
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Measurements & Circuit Design, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Austria
Abstract :
We propose a PIN photodiode combining high responsivity, fast drift times and low junction capacitance in BiCMOS technology. This fast PIN photodiode allows the design of fast optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEIC) for many advanced applications in optical sensing, optical data transmission and optical storage systems. Because of the low capacitance of 0.0105fF/ μm2 it is possible to design fast OEICs with large-area photodetectors. The proposed optical receiver applying a PIN photodiode with a diameter of 500 μm and a capacitance of only 2pF attains a -3dB bandwidth of 220MHz, which corresponds to a maximum data rate of 300Mbit/s.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; integrated optoelectronics; optical sensors; p-i-n photodiodes; photodetectors; transient response; 2 pF; 220 MHz; 220 MHz optical receiver; 500 micron; BiCMOS technology; fast drift times; fast optoelectronic integrated circuits; high responsivity; large-area integrated PIN photodiode; low junction capacitance; optical data transmission; optical sensing; optical storage systems; Application specific integrated circuits; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Capacitance; Integrated circuit technology; Integrated optics; Optical design; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; PIN photodiodes; Photonic integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors, 2003. Proceedings of IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8133-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279095
