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A 0.18 μm CMOS TIA Plus Limiting Amplifier with a 5.3 GHz Overall Bandwidth for Fiber Optic Communications

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A shunt series feedback transimpedance amplifier (TIA), based on a current amplifier using a zero–pole cancellation, followed by a 6 stages limiting amplifier (LA), proves to be suitable as receiver front-end for a 8 Gb/s communications over fiber optic. The front-end is realized with a 0.18 μm CMOS technology, and shows the following performances: the TIA has a 50 dBΩ transimpedance gain and 5.5 GHz bandwidth, the LA has a 46 dB gain and 7.9 GHz bandwidth. The differential voltage swing at the output is 300 mV. The total power consumption is 112 mW.

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  1. Dipartimento di Elettronica, Università di Pavia, Via Ferrata 1–27100, Pavia, Italy

    Matteo Pisati, Francesco Svelto & Rinaldo Castello

  2. Mindspeed Technologies, 4000 MacArthur Blvd., East Tower—Newport Beach, CA, 92660, USA

    Cristiano Bazzani

  3. Broadcom Corporation, 16215 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA, 92619, USA

    Francesco Gatta

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Pisati, M., Bazzani, C., Gatta, F. et al. A 0.18 μm CMOS TIA Plus Limiting Amplifier with a 5.3 GHz Overall Bandwidth for Fiber Optic Communications. Analog Integr Circ Sig Process 45, 115–122 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-005-4004-9

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