A novel superimposed photodetector （PD） is put forward. The photodetector can obtain a couple Of differential photocur- rent signals from one input optical signal. The light injection efficiency and the vertical wor...A novel superimposed photodetector （PD） is put forward. The photodetector can obtain a couple Of differential photocur- rent signals from one input optical signal. The light injection efficiency and the vertical work distance of this new.photode- tector are much higher than those of the others. The superimposed photodetctor is designed based on the standard 0.18 p.m CMOS process. The responsivity, bandwidth and transient response of the photodetector are simulated by a commercial simulation software of ATLAS. The responsivities of two obtained photocurrent signals are 0.035 A/W and 0.034 A/W, while the bandwidths are 3.8 GHz and 5.2 GHz, respectively. A full differential optical receiver which uses the superim- posed photodetector as input is simulated. The frequency response and 4 Gbit/s eye diagram of the optical receiver are also obtained. The results show that the two output signals can be used as the differential signal.展开更多
This paper presents a modified regulated cascode （RGC） transimpedance amplifier （TIA） with a novel pre-equalized technique. The pre-equalized circuit employed the broadband series inductive Jr-network and Gin- boo...This paper presents a modified regulated cascode （RGC） transimpedance amplifier （TIA） with a novel pre-equalized technique. The pre-equalized circuit employed the broadband series inductive Jr-network and Gin- boosting technique. The introduction of this technique compensates the transferred signal at the input port of the TIA without an increase in power dissipation. Furthermore, a novel miller capacitance degeneration method is designed in the gain stage for further bandwidth improvement. The TIA is realized in UMC 0.18 μm CMOS technology and tested with an on-chip 0.3 pF capacitor to emulate a photodetector （PD）. The measured transimpedance gain amounts to 57 dBf2 with a -3 dB bandwidth of about 8.2 GHz and consumes only 22 mW power from a single 1.8 V supply.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61036002)the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(No.11JCZDJC15100)
文摘A novel superimposed photodetector （PD） is put forward. The photodetector can obtain a couple Of differential photocur- rent signals from one input optical signal. The light injection efficiency and the vertical work distance of this new.photode- tector are much higher than those of the others. The superimposed photodetctor is designed based on the standard 0.18 p.m CMOS process. The responsivity, bandwidth and transient response of the photodetector are simulated by a commercial simulation software of ATLAS. The responsivities of two obtained photocurrent signals are 0.035 A/W and 0.034 A/W, while the bandwidths are 3.8 GHz and 5.2 GHz, respectively. A full differential optical receiver which uses the superim- posed photodetector as input is simulated. The frequency response and 4 Gbit/s eye diagram of the optical receiver are also obtained. The results show that the two output signals can be used as the differential signal.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61036002,61474081)
文摘This paper presents a modified regulated cascode （RGC） transimpedance amplifier （TIA） with a novel pre-equalized technique. The pre-equalized circuit employed the broadband series inductive Jr-network and Gin- boosting technique. The introduction of this technique compensates the transferred signal at the input port of the TIA without an increase in power dissipation. Furthermore, a novel miller capacitance degeneration method is designed in the gain stage for further bandwidth improvement. The TIA is realized in UMC 0.18 μm CMOS technology and tested with an on-chip 0.3 pF capacitor to emulate a photodetector （PD）. The measured transimpedance gain amounts to 57 dBf2 with a -3 dB bandwidth of about 8.2 GHz and consumes only 22 mW power from a single 1.8 V supply.
