Methods and systems for a narrowband, non-linear optoelectronic receiver are disclosed and may include amplifying a received signal, limiting a bandwidth of the received signal, and restoring the signal utilizing a level restorer, which may include a non-return to zero (NRZ) level restorer comprising two parallel inverters, with one being a feedback path for the other. The inverters may be single-ended or differential. A photogenerated signal may be amplified in the receiver utilizing a transimpedance amplifier and programmable gain amplifiers (PGAs). A received electrical signal may be amplified via PGAs. The bandwidth of the received signal may be limited utilizing one or more of: a low pass filter, a bandpass filter, a high pass filter, a differentiator, or a series capacitance on the chip. The signal may be received from a photodiode integrated on the chip, where the photodiode may be AC coupled to an amplifier for the amplifying.

A trans-impedance amplifier arrangement has an input configured to receive an output from a photo-detector, a current monitoring circuit configured in use to provide a current monitor signal dependent on a current through the photo-detector, and an output configured to output said current monitor signal to a control module, said output further configured to receive control information from said control module. A control module is configured to receive the current monitor signal and to provide the control information.

A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) structure includes an input node with a variable inductance component serving to reduce variation in peak amplitude over different gain conditions. According to certain embodiments, an inductor at the TIA input has a first node in communication with a Field Effect Transistor (FET) drain, and a second node in communication with the FET source. A control voltage applied to the FET gate effectively controls the input inductance by adding a variable impedance across the inductor. Under low gain conditions, lowering of inductance afforded by the control voltage applied to the FET reduces voltage peaking. TIAs in accordance with embodiments may be particularly suited to operate over a wide dynamic range to amplify incoming electrical signals received from a photodiode.

Split cascade circuits include multiple cascade paths coupled between voltage supply rails. Each cascade path includes a pair of controllable switches. A feedback path is provided for at least one of the cascade circuit paths. An active load circuit may also have a split cascade structure. Multiple-stage circuits, for implementation in Trans-Impedance Amplifiers (TIAs) or analog Receive Front-End modules (RXFEs), for example, include multiple stages of split cascade circuits.

A Regulated Cascode (RGC)-type burst mode optic pre-amplifier having an extended linear input range. The burst mode optic pre-amplifier comprises an RGC-type Trans Impedance Amplifier (TIA), wherein a current path is added in the circuit of the RGC-type TIA to control a linearity state of the RGC-type TIA, and a main voltage gain is controlled in other circuit blocks after the RGC-type TIA.

The invention relates to a variable gain system, particularly for optical receiver systems, having: an input for an electronic signal, at least two variable gain amplifiers, and an output for an amplified electrical signal, wherein the at least two variable gain amplifiers are connected in parallel to the input and the output aggregates the signals of the at least two variable gain amplifiers.

An optical receiver can implement a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to process received light using a closed loop optical pre-amplification. The optical receiver can use an average input value of the TIA to control an semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) or pre-amplification as received average signal varies. The optical receiver can include a gain controller for the TIA that can measure the TIA swing to adjust the gain of the SOA to pre-amplify received light in a closed loop control configuration.

An optical receiving device includes a conversion module, a signal generation module and a control module. The conversion module performs photoelectric conversion and amplification on an optical signal to generate a photocurrent, the signal generation module provides a gain signal, performs transimpedance and amplification on the photocurrent according to an input signal indicating a preset output voltage swing to generate a voltage signal, and generates a measurement signal indicating an average optical power associated with the optical signal according to the photocurrent, the control module outputs a control signal which is variable to adjust a gain of the conversion module, so that a dynamic range of the conversion module changes as the gain of the conversion module itself changes.

The present invention is directed to communication method and techniques. In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides a receiver that interleaves data signal n-ways for n slices. Each of the n slices includes feedforward equalizer and decision feedback equalizers that are coupled to other slices. Each of the n slices also includes an analog-to-digital converter section that includes data and error slicers. There are other embodiments as well.

An optical receiver is disclosed, including an optoelectronic detector, a transimpedance amplification (TIA) circuit, a single-ended-to-differential converter, an I/O interface, and a controller. The optoelectronic detector, having bandwidth lower than required system transmission bandwidth, converts an optical signal into a current signal. The TIA circuit compensate gain for the received current signal based on a received control signal, to obtain a voltage signal, where a frequency response value of the current signal within first bandwidth is greater than that within the bandwidth of the optoelectronic detector, and any frequency in the first bandwidth is not lower than an upper cut-off frequency of the optoelectronic detector. The single-ended-to-differential converter converts the voltage signal into a differential voltage signal. The I/O interface outputs the differential voltage signal. The controller generates the control signal based on the differential voltage signal. The optical receiver disclosed can reduce costs while ensuring signal quality.