Ultra-fast optoelectronic decision circuit using resonant tunneling diodes and a uni-traveling-carrier photodiode

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1638-1645

  Sano, Kimikazu ^a   Murata, Koichi ^a   Otsuji, Taiichi ^b   Akeyoshi, Tomoyuki ^c   Shimizu, Naofumi ^a   Yamamoto, Masafumi ^c   Ishibashi, Tadao ^c   Sano, Eiichi ^a  

^a NTT Corporation   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decision circuit; Lightwave communications; Optoelectronic IC (OEIC); Resonant tunneling diode; SPICE; Uni traveling carrier photodiode

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOGIC CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODIODES; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TUNNEL DIODES;

DIRECT OPTICAL INPUT INTERFACE; LIGHTWAVE COMMUNICATIONS; NEGATIVE LOGIC CIRCUITS; OPTOELECTRONIC DECISION CIRCUIT; POSITIVE LOGIC CIRCUITS; RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES; SPICE SIMULATION; UNITRAVELING CARRIER PHOTODIODE;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0033322561     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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