• DocumentCode
    780942
  • Title

    Low-power 300 Mbit/s OEIC with large-area photodiode

  • Author

    Hein, H. ; Förtsch, M. ; Zimmermann, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Electr. Meas.s & Circuit Design, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Austria
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3/31/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    436
  • Lastpage
    438
  • Abstract
    The sensor realised in a low-cost 0.6 μm BiCMOS process includes a 400 μm-diameter photodiode. By parallelising the input transistor a minimum average optical input power of -24.7 dBm at a data rate of 300 Mbit/s is achieved. The power consumption of the transimpedance amplifier is less than 6 mW.
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS integrated circuits; amplifiers; integrated optoelectronics; low-power electronics; nanoelectronics; optical sensors; photodiodes; sensors; 0.6 micron; 300 Mbit/s; 400 micron; input transistor parallelising; large-area photodiode; low-cost BiCMOS process; low-power OEIC; transimpedance amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20058067
  • Filename
    1421249