Abstract
A high-speed transmission over step-index plastic optical fibre (SI-POF) using a resonant cavity light emitting diode (RCLED) is described. The integrated optical receiver is realised in 0.6m BiCMOS technology with an integrated large-area Si photodiode. The design consists of a TIA, equaliser and post-amplifier stage followed by a 50Ω output driver. The integrated equaliser can be adapted via an external control voltage to different SI-POF lengths and RCLED limited bandwidths. A data rate of 250Mbit/s can be transmitted over a 50m-long SI-POF with a sensitivity of -22dBm at BER of 10 -9 and over a 100m-long SI-POF with a sensitivity of -24dBm at a BER of 10 -6.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 718-720 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Electronics Letters |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 7 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering