Distributed amplifier (DC-40GHz) for high-speed optical communications

Frédéric Villain (1) , Michel Campovecchio (2) , Sébastien Mons (2) , Jean-Michel Nebus (2) , G. Pataut (1) , F. Deborgies (1)

1 UMS - United Monolithic Semiconductors
2 IRCOM - Institut de Recherche en Communications Optiques et Microondes

A novel n-stage distributed amplifier architecture for high-speed optical links is reported. The circuit topology is based on specific refinements necessitated by the photoreceiver application. A three-stage (DC-40 GHz) monolithic microwave integrated circuit amplifier was manufactured in a 0.25μm AlGaAs/GaAs pHEMT process at the UMS foundry and integrated in a photoreceiver module

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Electronique

Frédéric Villain, Michel Campovecchio, Sébastien Mons, Jean-Michel Nebus, G. Pataut, et al.. Distributed amplifier (DC-40GHz) for high-speed optical communications. Electronics Letters, 2000, 36 (7), pp.652-653. ⟨10.1049/el:20000474⟩. ⟨hal-00921407⟩