High-speed optical receivers with integrated photodiode in 130 nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2856-2867

  Tavernier, Filip ^a   Steyaert, Michel S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amplifiers; CMOS analog integrated circuits; Data communication; Equalizers; Optical communication; Optical receivers; Photodiodes

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS; CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS PHOTODIODES; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DATA COMMUNICATION; DESIGN STRATEGIES; HIGH POWER CONSUMPTION; HIGH-SPEED; INTEGRATED PHOTODIODES; LOW-BANDWIDTH; LOW-NOISE DESIGNS; MODULATED LIGHT; POWER CONSUMPTION; RESPONSIVITY; STANDARD DESIGN; WEAK INVERSIONS;

ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS; ANALOG CIRCUITS; BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMMUNICATION; CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; EQUALIZERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70350596354     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2028755     Document Type: Article

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