Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers

Kerstin Schneider, Horst Zimmermann3540296131, 9783540296133, 9783540296140

Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers primarily treats the circuit design of optical receivers with external photodiodes. Continuous-mode and burst-mode receivers are compared. The monograph first summarizes the basics of III/V photodetectors, transistor and noise models, bit-error rate, sensitivity and analog circuit design, thus enabling readers to understand the circuits described in the main part of the book. In order to cover the topic comprehensively, detailed descriptions of receivers for optical data communication in general and, in particular, optical burst-mode receivers in deep-sub-µm CMOS are presented. Numerous detailed and elaborate illustrations facilitate better understanding.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-XVI
Introduction….Pages 1-3
Fundamentals….Pages 5-11
Photodetectors….Pages 13-34
Amplifiers….Pages 35-41
Integrated Circuit Technology….Pages 43-49
Transimpedance Amplifier Theory….Pages 51-83
Noise Theory….Pages 85-113
State of the Art….Pages 115-138
Deep-Sub-μm CMOS Circuits….Pages 139-181
Back Matter….Pages 183-196