2.5Gbit/s transimpedance amplifier using noise cancelling for optical receivers

Mohamed Atef, Horst Zimmermann

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Abstract

This work presents the design and performance of a 2.5Gbit/s transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for optical receivers implemented in a 40nm CMOS technology. The TIA is based on an inverting voltage amplifier with a shunt feedback resistor using noise cancelling technique to reduce the input noise. The TIA is followed by two stages of differential limiting amplifiers and the last stage is a 50 differential output driver to provide an interface to the measurement setup. The TIA shows a post layout simulated optical sensitivity of 25dBm for a BER= 10 12 and an optical power dynamic range of 25dB. The complete chip achieves a transimpedance gain of 79.5dB, 1.5GHz bandwidth and occupies a chip area of 0.16mm 2. The power consumption of the TIA is only 4.5mW and the complete chip dissipates 15mW for a 1.1V single supply voltage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages1740-1743
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2012 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: May 20 2012May 23 2012

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2012
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period5/20/125/23/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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