10Gbps Optical Receiver and VCSEL Driver in 0.13um CMOS ...
10Gbps Optical Receiver and VCSEL Driver in 0.13um CMOS ...
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Noise Current,<br />
i rms<br />
n,TIA<br />
(f), is determ<strong>in</strong>ed by <strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g the output-referred<br />
noise spectrum up at least 2 x BW 3-dB <strong>and</strong> divid<strong>in</strong>g it by the passb<strong>and</strong><br />
transimpedance value. Written <strong>in</strong> the squared form, we have:<br />
i<br />
2<br />
n , TIA<br />
1 2<br />
2<br />
= ZT<br />
( f ) ⋅ In,<br />
TIA(<br />
f ) df<br />
2 ∫ (2.4)<br />
Z<br />
T<br />
where |Z T (f)| is the frequency response of the transimpedance. The total<br />
<strong>in</strong>put-referred noise current directly determ<strong>in</strong>es the sensitivity of the<br />
TIA:<br />
pp<br />
rms<br />
i<br />
S<br />
2Q<br />
⋅ In,<br />
TIA<br />
= (2.5)<br />
where Q is the quality factor for desired bit error rates (BERs). The<br />
Averaged Input-Referred Noise Current Density is def<strong>in</strong>ed as the <strong>in</strong>put-<br />
rms<br />
referred rms noise current, , divided by the square-root of the 3-<br />
dB b<strong>and</strong>width. Aga<strong>in</strong>, it is important that the averag<strong>in</strong>g is carried out<br />
over the output-referred noise spectrum rather than the <strong>in</strong>put-referred<br />
noise spectrum, .<br />
I 2 n,<br />
TIA<br />
i<br />
n , TIA<br />
2.1.2.2 TIA Topologies<br />
Generally there are two types of TIA topologies, open loop TIAs<br />
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