A 10Gb/s burst-mode TIA with on-chip reset/lock CM signaling detection and limiting amplifier with a 75ns settling time

Emerging symmetric 10Gb/s passive optical network (PON) systems aim at high network transmission efficiency by reducing the RX settling time that is needed for RX amplitude recovery in burst-mode (BM). A conventional AC-coupled BM- RX has an inherent tradeoff between short settling time and decision threshold droop, which makes an RX settling time shorter than 400ns hard to achieve. Some techniques have been developed to overcome this limitation, demonstrating a settling time of 150 to 200ns. Our previous work uses feed-forward automatic offset compensation (AOC) to achieve a response time as short as 25.6ns. However, a feed-forward scheme using peak detectors is intrinsically less accurate and results in relatively high power consumption. In this paper, we present a DC-coupled 10Gb/s BM-TIA and burst-mode limiting amplifier (BM- LA) chipset that uses a feedback type AOC circuit with switchable loop BW. This new technique is capable of removing input DC offset in less than 75ns, and offers continuous decision threshold tracking during payload, to cope with the maximum length of CID. The differential TIA output port senses a CM reset signal provided by the succeeding BM-LA, and activates an on-chip reset and lock function. This BM-LA also integrates auto reset/activity generation circuits providing the AOC BW switching signal, so that this time-critical signal is not required from the PON system

Experiments on a 10 Gb/s fast-settling high-sensitivity burst-mode receiver with on-chip auto-reset for 10G-GPONs [Invited]

This paper presents a 10 Gb/s avalanche-photodiode-based DC-coupled reshaping and reamplifying (2R) burst-mode receiver with on-chip auto-reset generation and multiple data rate support, designed for 10G-GPONs. A short 2R settling time of 75 ns (150 ns for lower-rate operation), a high receiver sensitivity of -31.3 dBm, and a large loud/soft ratio of 25.3 dB are demonstrated at 2.5/5/10 Gb/s in burst-mode operation. Allowing multi-rate operation without external reset signals, it shows great potential for use in emerging symmetric 10G-GPON systems and allows for more flexible future optical access networks

10 Gbit/s burst-mode limiting amplifier with switched time constants for fast settling and large CID tolerance

A 10 Gbit/s DC-coupled burst-mode limiting amplifier (BM-LA) with two-level integration time constants for fast/slow feedback offset cancellation respectively during preamble/payload of the incoming bursts is presented. A 10 Gbit/s APD-based burst-mode receiver (BM-Rx) using this feedback type BM-LA achieves a Rx sensitivity of -30.6 dBm under a loud/soft ratio of 24.6 dB at a bit error rate of 10(-3) within a short settling time of only <51 ns