DC 30GHZ BANDWIDTH AND 36DB GAIN LIMITING AMPLIFIER FOR 40GBIT S OPTICAL-TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS/

Authors
LAO Z BOSCH R HURM V THIEDE A SCHLECHTWEG M BRONNER W HORNUNG J HULSMANN A JAKOBUS T
Citation
Z. Lao et al., DC 30GHZ BANDWIDTH AND 36DB GAIN LIMITING AMPLIFIER FOR 40GBIT S OPTICAL-TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS/, Electronics Letters, 33(25), 1997, pp. 2139-2141
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
25
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2139 - 2141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:25<2139:D3BA3G>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A monolithic limiting amplifier for high speed optical transmission sy stems has been fabricated using a 0.2 mu m enhancement/depletion AlGaA s/GaAs-HEMT (f(T) = 60/55 GHz). The IC has a bandwidth of 30 GHz with a differential gain of 36dB. The circuit features a differential confi guration with active source followers to increase bandwidth. The power consumption is 700mW using a single supply voltage of -4V.