On the design of low-noise, giga-hertz bandwidth preamplifiers for optical receiver applications

Sung M. Park; C. Papavassiliou

doi:10.1109/ICECS.1999.813226

On the design of low-noise, giga-hertz bandwidth preamplifiers for optical receiver applications

Sung M. Park, C. Papavassiliou

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

The noise characteristics of TIA (transimpedance amplifier) for optical receiver applications is conventionally described by equivalent input noise current spectral density, rather than noise figure (NF). However, since optical receivers consist of several blocks such as preamplifier, wideband amplifiers, variable gain amplifier and decision circuit, NF can be a useful tool to determine the noise characteristics of the whole optical receiver. In this paper, NF of a TIA (preamplifier) is described by using g_m and the bandwidth to cut-off frequency ratio B/f_T, showing that NF of TIA degrades quadratically with increasing bandwidth. With a given technology and the noise specification of the whole optical receiver, the maximum achievable bandwidth is obtained, facilitating the design of the TIA. As an example, a common-source TIA was designed and simulated with 0.6 μm AMS CMOS technology, showing a close match with the predicted results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of ICECS 1999 - 6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	785-788
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	0780356829
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECS.1999.813226
State	Published - 1999
Event	6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 1999 - Pafos, Cyprus Duration: 5 Sep 1999 → 8 Sep 1999

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Name	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems
Volume	2

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Conference	6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 1999
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Pafos
Period	5/09/99 → 8/09/99

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Park, S. M., & Papavassiliou, C. (1999). On the design of low-noise, giga-hertz bandwidth preamplifiers for optical receiver applications. In Proceedings of ICECS 1999 - 6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (pp. 785-788). Article 813226 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems; Vol. 2). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECS.1999.813226

Park, Sung M. ; Papavassiliou, C. / On the design of low-noise, giga-hertz bandwidth preamplifiers for optical receiver applications. Proceedings of ICECS 1999 - 6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1999. pp. 785-788 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems).

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Park, SM & Papavassiliou, C 1999, On the design of low-noise, giga-hertz bandwidth preamplifiers for optical receiver applications. in Proceedings of ICECS 1999 - 6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems., 813226, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, vol. 2, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 785-788, 6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 1999, Pafos, Cyprus, 5/09/99. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECS.1999.813226

On the design of low-noise, giga-hertz bandwidth preamplifiers for optical receiver applications. / Park, Sung M.; Papavassiliou, C.
Proceedings of ICECS 1999 - 6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1999. p. 785-788 813226 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems; Vol. 2).

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