Optical receiver front-end for multilevel signalling

M. Atef, R. Swoboda, H. Zimmermann

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Abstract

A front-end optical receiver in 0.6 μm BiCMOS technology is introduced to maintain equally spaced levels and constant output signal swing for multilevel signals at different input optical powers. The symbol error rate measurements for 4-PAM signals show a better sensitivity than with a conventional optical receiver. It is believed that this is the first time that complete performance characteristics for an optical receiver front-end designed especially for multilevel data transmission have been reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-122
Number of pages2
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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