Phototransistors in digital optical communications systems for 1–1.6 μm wavelength

2 September 1982

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 18 (18) , 772-774
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19820522

Abstract

Receiver sensitivity comparable with that of a PIN-FET hybrid should be attainable using phototransistors at bit rates below 1 Gbit/s. However, significant improvement would call for a phototransistor having a very low input capacitance C and a high current gain h_FE satisfying C−3√(h_FE) pF, incorporated into an integrating receiver design.

Keywords

PHOTOTRANSISTORS
RECEIVERS
PIN-FET HYBRID
DIGITAL OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
1 TO 1.6 MICRON
1 GBIT/S

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