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

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)
EditorsAntonio Jeronimo Belfort de Oliveira, Alfredo Gomes Neto, Joaquim Ferreira Martins Filho, Marcos Tavares de Melo
Place of PublicationPorto de Galinhas
PublisherIEEE Xplore
ISBN (electronic)978-1-4673-9492-5, 978-1-5090-0431-7
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesSBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwave and Optoelectronics (IMOC)
Volume2015-December

Conference

Title2015 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference
Abbreviated titleIMOC 2015
Duration3 - 6 November 2015
CityPorto de Galinhas
CountryBrazil

External IDs

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

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Keywords

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