LOW-NOISE FIBER OPTIC RECEIVER OPERATING FROM 2 TO 20GHZ

Authors
HANKEY J FOSTER GM BORLEY SJ WALLIS RH HOLMES SJ
Citation
J. Hankey et al., LOW-NOISE FIBER OPTIC RECEIVER OPERATING FROM 2 TO 20GHZ, Electronics Letters, 31(11), 1995, pp. 921-922
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
31
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
921 - 922
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1995)31:11<921:LFOROF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A wideband optical receiver has been designed and fabricated. The gain with respect to 50 Omega is 12dB from 2 to 20GHz, and the noise spect ral density is a maximum of 10pA/root Hz between 6 and 18GHz. The nois e, gain and flatness performances of this GaAs MMIC-based receiver mat ch the equivalent achieved experimentally using highly optimised discr ete components, but using a manufacturable process.