Smart 155.52 Mb/s burst-mode transceiver with embedded intelligence for time division multiple access (TDMA) passive optical network (PON) applications

This paper presents a novel design of a burst-mode transceiver with local real-time intelligence for point-to-multipoint upstream transmission at 155.52 Mb/s. Using embedded intelligence for controlling laser drive parameters, and a trailer canceling technique at a receiver, excellent combined performance of high sensitivity (-37 dBm at BER 10-9), large optical power budget (36 dB), wide dynamic range (33 dB), and short run-in time (26 ns) was successfully demonstrated. It can connect up to 32 subscribers through a passive optical tree network using a burst TDMA scheme.