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CMOS Optical Preamplifier Design Using Graphical Circuit Analysis. Khoman Phang Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Outline. Motivation Preamplifier requirements Proposed preamplifier structures Graphical circuit analysis. Summary.
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CMOS Optical Preamplifier Design Using Graphical Circuit Analysis Khoman Phang Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Toronto
Outline • Motivation • Preamplifier requirements • Proposed preamplifier structures • Graphical circuit analysis University of Toronto
Summary • Emerging applications of optical communications are driving new preamplifier requirements Main Contributions: Circuits • Variable-gain TIA with improved stability • Active feedback structure for rejecting ambient light • A Low-voltage TIA design • An experimental verification of Dynamic Gate Biasing Circuit Design • General formulation of the DPI/SFG method • Applying the method to designing the low-voltage TIA University of Toronto
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