Optimum preamplification and shaping of signals delivered by photodetectors without internal amplification: a theoretical analysis

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 399-407

  Rovati, Luigi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CAPACITANCE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIME VARYING NETWORKS;

ANALOG PROCESSING CIRCUITS; FRONT END ELECTRONIC NOISE; INTERNAL AMPLIFICATION; SOLID STATE OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033740372     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/82.842108     Document Type: Article

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