Optical receiver with series-connected p-i-n diodes

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1982-02-09

1984-09-25

Nelms, David C.

Radiant energy

Photocells; circuits and apparatus

Photocell controlled circuit

455619, H01J 4014

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044737459

ABSTRACT:
An optical receiver, for responding to optical energy propagating in an optical fibre transmission path (2) is detected by a reverse-biassed p-i-n diode (3) which is connected in series with a forward-biassed p-i-n diode (7). The junction between the two diodes is connected to the input of an amplifier (5), which is part of a two-stage amplifier (5,8), with automatic equalization (9,10,11).
The forward biassed diode, by its characteristics leads to an improved dynamic range for the receiver as compared with conventional optical receivers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3995173 (1976-11-01), Sibley
patent: 4114036 (1978-09-01), Tsunekawa et al.
patent: 4302774 (1981-11-01), Alm

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