Title :
A 4Gb/s limiting amplifier for optical-fiber receivers
Author :
Reimann, R. ; Rein, H.-M.
Author_Institution :
Ruhr-University, Boehum, West Germany
Abstract :
This paper will cover a limiting amplifier with 54dB gain obtained by using a cascase of 3 differential gain stages. A 400mV output with low jitter at 4GHz has resulted for inputs ranging from 2.5mV-400mV. The amplifier was fabricated in a 2μm bipolar process and dissipates 350mW.
Keywords :
High speed optical techniques; Jitter; Optical amplifiers; Optical buffering; Optical receivers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solid state circuits; Stimulated emission; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference. Digest of Technical Papers. 1987 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
New York, NY, USA
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.1987.1157093
