Title :
Optical burst-mode receivers for passive optical networks
Author :
Schneider, Kerstin ; Zimmermann, Horst
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Electr. Meas. & Circuit Design, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Wien, Austria
Abstract :
An overview over the development of burst-mode receivers is given. The compared receivers are designed in CMOS, but also in SiGe. Burst-mode receivers with external pin photodiodes as well as a design with an avalanche photodiode (APD) are summarized and compared.
Keywords :
avalanche photodiodes; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; passive networks; APD; CMOS; SiGe; avalanche photodiode; external pin photodiodes; optical burst mode receivers; passive optical networks; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Photodiodes;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelectronic Applications, 2004. EDMO 2004. 12th International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8574-8
DOI :
10.1109/EDMO.2004.1412400
