Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
6-1-2017
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Source Publication
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Source ISSN
0733-8724
Abstract
Mean-gain and excess-noise measurements are presented for a 350 × 350 μm 2 P+/N-well/P-sub and a 270 × 270 μm 2 N-well/P-sub avalanche photodetectors fabricated using 0.13-μm CMOS technology. The active area of the P+/N-well/P-sub device was divided into multiple subsections to decrease transit time and increase speed. For the P+/N-well structure, remarkably low excess-noise factors of 4.1 and 4 were measured at a mean gain of 16 corresponding to a k value of approximately 0.1, using a 542 (633) nm laser. For a variant N-well/P-sub structure, excess-noise factors of 6.5 and 6.2 were measured at a mean-gain of 16 corresponding to a k value of approximately 0.3. The proposed CMOS APDs with high gain, low noise, low avalanche breakdown voltage (below approximately 12 V) and low dark-currents (approximately nA) would be attractive for low-cost optical receivers in visible-light communication systems.
Recommended Citation
Hossain, Md. Mottaleb; Ray, Sagar; Cheong, Jeng Shiuh; Qiao, liang; Baharuddin, Aina N.A.P.; Hella, Mona Mostafa; David, John P.R.; and Hayat, Majeed M., "Low-Noise Speed-Optimized Large Area CMOS Avalanche Photodetector for Visible Light Communication" (2017). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications. 553.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/electric_fac/553
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Comments
Accepted version. Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 35, No. 11 (June 1, 2017): 2315-2324. DOI. This article is © Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Used with permission.
Majeed M. Hayat was affiliated with University of New Mexico at the time of publicatoin.