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An Improved Low-Input Resistance Folded-Cascode Transimpedance Amplifier for Giga-bit per second Optical Communication Front-Ends
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  • Soorena Zohoori,
  • Ahmad Hosseini,
  • Mehrdad Amirkhan Dehkordi,
  • Seyed Mehdi Mirsanei
Soorena Zohoori
University College London Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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Ahmad Hosseini
Univerza v Novi Gorici Poslovno-Tehniska Fakulteta
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Mehrdad Amirkhan Dehkordi
Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch
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Seyed Mehdi Mirsanei
Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch
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Abstract

The present study is devoted to articulating a modified Folded-Cascode circuit, to make Folded-Cascode structures an attractive configuration as a Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) for being employed in Giga-bit per second optical communication receiver systems. Giga-bps communication receivers are highly necessitating circuits to isolate the input parasitic capacitance of the photodiode. The present modification makes Folded Cascodes comparable to the famous Regulated Cascode (RGC) structures by isolating this parasitic capacitor almost by the same quantity. The system is shown to be capable of operating at 2.5Gbps up to 8Gbps data rate with a fixed bandwidth. The paper analyzes and evaluates the designed circuit mathematically, and the obtained simulated results from Cadence using TSMC 65nm CMOS validate the suitability of the modified circuit as a transimpedance amplifier.
31 May 2023Submitted to International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications
04 Jun 2023Submission Checks Completed
04 Jun 2023Assigned to Editor
04 Jun 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
14 Jun 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
24 Jul 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
17 Aug 20231st Revision Received
21 Aug 2023Assigned to Editor
21 Aug 2023Submission Checks Completed
21 Aug 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
22 Aug 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
17 Sep 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
21 Sep 20232nd Revision Received
22 Sep 2023Submission Checks Completed
22 Sep 2023Assigned to Editor
22 Sep 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
24 Sep 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
09 Nov 2023Editorial Decision: Accept