Monolithically-Integrated 50 Gbps 2pJ/bit Photoreceiver with Cherry-Hooper TIA in 250nm BiCMOS Technology

We report a monolithically-integrated photoreceiver with a pseudo-differential Cherry-Hooper transimpedance amplifier (TIA) in a 250nm BiCMOS process. High sensitivity 50Gbps operation in demonstrated, and the TIA architecture is analyzed.

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