LOW-NOISE AND HIGH-BANDWIDTH 0.8 μm CMOS TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER FOR OPTICAL RECEIVER CIRCUIT

摘要

This paper describes and analyzes a low-noise and high-bandwidth transimpedance amplifier featuring a large dynamic range. The designed amplifier is configured on three identical stages that use an active load compensated by an active resistor to improve the stability performance of the amplifier. This topology displays a transimpedance gain of 150 kΩ, which is necessary to obtain a high sensitivity. This structure operates at 5V power supply voltage, exhibits a gain bandwidth product of 18 THzΩ and a low-noise level of about 0.94 pA/(Hz)~(1/2). This transimpedance amplifier can reach a transmission speed of 240 Mb/s for a photocurrent of 0.5 μA. For a photocurrent of 9.5 μA, a transmission speed of 622 Mb/s can be achieved by using an optical fiber connection containing four channels. The predicted performance is verified by simulations using PSPICE and MAGIC tools with 0.8 μm CMOS AMS parameters.