Fig. 1
Functional block diagram of the
front-end optical receiver photoreceivers.
Photodiode
Adjustable
gain stage
10,000
1,000
100
10
1
Independently adjustable
6-dB/octave high- and
low-pass filters
with <90
°
phase shift
f
L
f
H
Low-noise
transimpedance
amplifier
Gain multiplier:
3
1
SMA output
7