Single-Stage Photodiode OP-Amp Solution Suited for a Self-Mixing FMCW System

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1820-1824

  Nordin, Daniel ^a   Hyyppä, Kalevi ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW); Operation amplifier; Optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR); Photodiode; Transimpedance amplifier

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAIN CONTROL; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (FMCW); OPERATION AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR); TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIERS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0345307176     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.820454     Document Type: Article

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