High bandwidth, low power, single stage cascode transimpedance amplifier for short haul optical links

摘要

A high bandwidth, single stage, low power cascode transimpedance amplifier for short haul optical links. In one embodiment, an input signal is fed into the source of a common-gate pMOSFET, the output signal is taken at the drain of the common-gate pMOSFET, and bias current is supplied by a pMOSFET and a nMOSFET biased in their triode regions.