Ultra-wideband monolithic photoreceivers using HBT-compatible HPTs with novel base circuits, and simultaneously integrated with an HBT amplifier
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Vol. 13 (12) , 2301-2307
- https://doi.org/10.1109/50.475567
Abstract
This paper presents two kinds of monolithically integrated ultra-wideband photoreceivers that use HBT-compatible HPTs with novel base circuits. The HPT photoreceiver, which consists of an HPT with an inductor and series resistor base circuit, yields ultra-broadband operation with 3 dB bandwidth from 0.43-12.1 GHz and over 11 dB gain compared to a photodiode with identical quantum efficiency. The HPT/HBT photoreceiver, which consists of an HPT with an inductor at the base terminal followed by an HBT amplifier circuit, yields ultra-wideband operation from 8.5-20.5 GHz (bandwidth of 12 GHz) with over 20 dB gain. The bandwidths of these photoreceivers are state-of-the art for monolithically integrated photoreceivers using HPT/HBT structures. The proposed photoreceivers, which are based on mature MMIC technologies, offer several other remarkable features such as good design accuracy and extremely small chip size.Keywords
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