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Holger
Hoeltke
Silicon Line GmbH
+49 89 23684200
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New Low Power Transimpedance
Amplifier for Si-Photodiodes |
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Silicon Line GmbH introduces a low power 1.5 Gbps
transimpedance amplifier with integrated limiting amplifier for
silicon photodiodes |
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Munich, Germany, December
17, 2007:
Silicon Line GmbH, a German fabless analog IC company, today
announced the release of a 1.5 Gigabit per second (Gbps)
transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with integrated limiting amplifier. The
SL82015 was designed to deliver a high-quality output signal even with
the typical frequency characteristics of silicon photodiodes.
With only 9 mW of power dissipation, the TIA is designated for power
critical optical data transport applications with respect to various
transmission standards. Together with its counterpart, the
VCSEL-driver SL82020, and a low threshold VCSEL, the device allows for
a robust optical link consuming less than 16 mW for the complete link
set-up.
“One more time Silicon Line has proven that it currently leads the
market for ultra-low power analog ICs,” said Holger Hoeltke, Managing
Director at Silicon Line. "With the emergence of Gigabit data rates in
portable electronic systems the power dissipation of analog IC becomes
a critical aspect.
Silicon Line has very early recognized this trend and offers today
physical layer ICs that consume only a tenth of power compared to
their datacom or telecom system relatives”.
The SL82015 features a low input referred noise, which enables a BER
of 10-12 at 1.5 Gbps for an input current of 10 µApp.
This allows for an optical input sensitivity of about -16 dBm if
connected to a typical silicon photodiode.
As additional feature the SL82015 integrates a sophisticated wake-up
circuit, which at idle states sets the receiver into “Sleep
Mode”-operation with less than 1 µA supply current.
To facilitate assembly in small form factor packages the SL82015
integrates the photodiode filter network on chip.
The SL82015 chip area is less than 0.5 mm˛ and is available in bare
die form.
About Silicon Line GmbH
Silicon Line is a Germany based fabless analog IC company, specialized
in providing innovative, ultra-low power IC solutions in standard
CMOS-technology. Silicon Line is located at Elsenheimerstrasse 48, D-80687 Munich, Germany.
Additional information is available at
www.silicon-line.com.
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