Title :
A high performance 2.4GBit/s PIN GaAs IC optical receiver
Author :
Smyth, Peter P. ; Hunkin, David J.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
A high performance 2.4Gbit/s transimpedance optical receiver has been developed which is suitable for long distance telecommunication systems. It uses a custom designed GaAs IC to reduce cost and improve performance compared with present hybrid based receivers. An unselected sample of five optical receivers has been characterised with a mean receiver sensitivity of -29.6dBm. This is within 1.3dB of the sensitivity of a high impedance receiver and represents the highest sensitivity for a commercial transimpedance PIN GaAs IC receiver at this bit rate
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; application specific integrated circuits; field effect integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; optical communication equipment; receivers; sensitivity; telecommunication systems; 2.4 Gbit/s; GaAs; IC optical receiver; PIN receiver; long distance telecommunication systems; receiver sensitivity; semiconductors; transimpedance optical receiver;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
