Polarity-independent optical receiver and method for fabricating same

摘要

A polarity-independent optical receiver (10) is constructed so that the bias voltage applied to the optical receiver (10) may be applied in a polarity-independent manner. The polarity-independent optical receiver (10) is also constructed in a balanced arrangement, thus providing the ability to effectively suppress common-mode intensity noise present at the optical receiver. The polarity-independent optical receiver (10) may advantageously be fabricated using metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) technology.