Transimpedance amplifiers for optical fiber systems based on common-base transistors Academic Article

abstract

• In this paper, the performances of common-emitter and common-base transimpedance amplifiers are compared. Frequency response, noise level, power consumption, and silicon area are the main parameters studied. It is shown that transimpedance preamplifiers based on common-base transistors present less peaking effects because the poles of the transimpedance gain are real in most practical cases. The noise figures for both common-emitter and common-base structures are similar. For the results an 8 GHz BiCMOS technology is employed.

authors

• Silva-Martinez, Jose

published proceedings

• Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

author list (cited authors)

• Martinez-Castillo, J., & Silva-Martinez, J.

complete list of authors

• Martinez-Castillo, J||Silva-Martinez, J

publication date

• January 1999

published in

• IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems  Journal

volume

• 6