A single package PIN GaAs IC optical receiver with high sensitivity and logic level outputs

Author

Thorp, Stuart C. ; McCullagh, Michael J.

Author_Institution

British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK

fYear

1990

fDate

1/19/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

42675

Lastpage

42679

Abstract

A PIN GaAs IC optical receiver has been demonstrated with excellent sensitivity and ECL logic level outputs. Less than a 0.5 dB sensitivity penalty was incurred due to this level of integration. This work is a demonstration of the high level of functionality that is achievable using only two GaAs ICs, within a small non-optimised package. It also illustrates some of the advantages of the PIN GaAs IC hybrid implementation of an integrated receiver over the OEIC implementation

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; emitter-coupled logic; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit technology; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; photodetectors; ECL; GaAs; IC optical receiver; III-V semiconductors; MESFET; PIN photodetector; hybrid IC; optical communication equipment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Optical Detectors, IEE Colloquium on

Type

conf

Filename

189690

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3596185