A low-power 10Gb/s AGC optical postamplifier in SiGe

Kucharski, Daniel; Kornegay, Kevin T.

Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

A low-power 10Gb/s AGC optical postamplifier in SiGe

Date

2004

Authors

Kucharski, Daniel

Kornegay, Kevin T.

Abstract

A 10Gb/s automatic gain control amplifier for use in optical receivers was implemented in a SiGe process with f T = 45GHz. Active peaking techniques were used to achieve a maximum gain of 48dB with 7.8GHz of bandwidth. The amplifier demonstrates less than 0.5dB of peak-to-peak output amplitude variation over a 50dB input amplitude range. It consumes 30mW of power from a 3.3V supply and remains functional at voltages as low as 2.7V. The amplifier core occupies 0.1 mm 2 and requires no external components.