This paper presents a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with the logarithmic compression of the input current
signal. The presented TIA has two regions of operation: a linear one for small input current signals and a compression
one for high input currents, that could otherwise saturate the TIA. The measured -3dB bandwidth in
the linear region of operation is 102MHz. The measured maximum input current overdrive is 20.5mA. However,
the maximum of the monotonic compression is approx. 8mA. Using the compression technique we could achieve
low rms equivalent input noise current (~20.2nA) within the measured bandwidth and with approx. 2pF capacitance
at the input. Thus the dynamic range at the input of the TIA is approx. 120dB considering the maximal
current overdrive. The proposed TIA represents the input stage of a optical receiver with integrated differential
50&OHgr; output driver. The optical receiver occupies approx. 1.24mm2 in 0.35 &mgr;m SiGe BiCMOS technology and
consumes 78mA from 5V supply.
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