Title :
13 Gsamples/s 5-bit analogue-to-digital converter for coherent optical QPSK receiver
Author :
Adamczyk, O. ; Noe, R.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Paderborn, Paderborn
Abstract :
An implementation of an analogue-to-digital converter to be used in a digital coherent QPSK receiver is presented. The converter is manufactured in a SiGe BiCMOS technology and features a resolution of 5 bits with sampling rates >13 Gsamples/s, and dissipates 4.2 W of power.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; analogue-digital conversion; optical receivers; quadrature phase shift keying; SiGe; SiGe BiCMOS technology; analogue-to-digital converter; digital coherent optical QPSK receiver; sampling rates;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20081386
