Title :
PIN-GaAs FET optical receiver with a wide dynamic range
Author_Institution :
Bell Laboratories, Allentown, USA
Abstract :
A simple method for increasing the dynamic range of a PIN-GaAs FET receiver is described. It requires no additional component connection at the input node of the receiver, and no sensitivity penalty is incurred. The 12.6 Mbit/s receiver described has a sensitivity of ¿52.6 dBm and a dynamic range >44.8 dB optical (89.6 dB electrical).
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; gallium arsenide; optical communication equipment; photodetectors; photodiodes; 12.6 Mbit/s receiver; PIN-GaAs FET optical receiver; dynamic range; optical communication equipment; sensitivity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820428
