A 1.8-V 10-Gb/s fully integrated CMOS optical receiver analog front-end
- 13 June 2005
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
- Vol. 40 (6) , 1388-1396
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jssc.2005.845970
Abstract
A fully integrated 10-Gb/s optical receiver analog front-end (AFE) design that includes a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a limiting amplifier (LA) is demonstrated to require less chip area and is suitable for both low-cost and low-voltage applications. The AFE is fabricated using a 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS technology. The tiny photo current received by the receiver AFE is amplified to a differential voltage swing of 400 mV/sub (pp)/. In order to avoid off-chip noise interference, the TIA and LA are dc-coupled on the chip instead of ac-coupled though a large external capacitor. The receiver front-end provides a conversion gain of up to 87 dB/spl Omega/ and -3dB bandwidth of 7.6 GHz. The measured sensitivity of the optical receiver is -12dBm at a bit-error rate of 10/sup -12/ with a 2/sup 31/-1 pseudorandom test pattern. Three-dimensional symmetric transformers are utilized in the AFE design for bandwidth enhancement. Operating under a 1.8-V supply, the power dissipation is 210 mW, and the chip size is 1028 /spl mu/m/spl times/1796 /spl mu/m.Keywords
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