A high-speed energy-efficient inductor-less transimpedance amplifier with adjustable gain for optical chip-to-chip communication

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Abstract

A high-speed transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with adjustable gain, high gain-bandwidth product, high energy efficiency and low noise is presented. The amplifier is designed in a 0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS technology as part of an integrated receiver front-end. A high transimpedance gain over a large bandwidth is achieved with a low stage count topology and without applying area consuming peaking inductors. Measurements of the fabricated chip show a tunable transimpedance gain between 685Ω and 1793Ω as well as a forward gain between 13.5 dB and 15.7 dB over a bandwidth range from 53.8GHz to 6.8GHz, making the TIA well suited for data rates up to 77Gbit/s. With a power consumption of less than 21.2mW from a 3.3V supply the circuit yields a high energy efficiency of 0.28 pJ/bit requiring a chip area of only 0.163mm2 including pads.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelSBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)
Redakteure/-innenAntonio Jeronimo Belfort de Oliveira, Alfredo Gomes Neto, Joaquim Ferreira Martins Filho, Marcos Tavares de Melo
ErscheinungsortPorto de Galinhas
Herausgeber (Verlag)IEEE Xplore
ISBN (elektronisch)978-1-4673-9492-5, 978-1-5090-0431-7
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2015
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheSBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwave and Optoelectronics (IMOC)
Band2015-December

Konferenz

Titel2015 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference
KurztitelIMOC 2015
Dauer3 - 6 November 2015
StadtPorto de Galinhas
LandBrasilien

Externe IDs

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Scopus 84964510307
ORCID /0000-0002-1851-6828/work/142256661

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Schlagwörter

  • adjustable gain, BiCMOS, optical communication, optoelectronic integrated circuit, SiGe, TIA, transimpedance amplifier, variable gain, VGA