• DocumentCode
    3569054
  • Title

    A low noise op-amp transimpedance amplifier for LIDAR applications

  • Author

    Auckloo, Akeel ; Tozer, Richard ; David, John ; Chee Hing Tan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    590
  • Lastpage
    593
  • Abstract
    This paper reports design methodology, implementation and characterisation of a low noise op-amp transimpedance amplifier. An equivalent input noise current of 3 pA/√Hz is reported, making it suitable for low noise applications such as LIDAR.
  • Keywords
    integrated circuit design; low noise amplifiers; operational amplifiers; optical radar; LIDAR applications; design methodology; equivalent input noise current; low noise op-amp transimpedance amplifier; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Frequency measurement; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), 2014 21st IEEE International Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2014.7050054
  • Filename
    7050054