Most low noise amplifier designs focus on eliminating sources of noise that are intrinsic to the amplifier (thennal noise, Ilfnoise). As integrated drcuit design moves increasingly towards mixed signal implementations, the design of low-noise analog amplifiers must be re...evaluated to consider the switching noise generated by on-<:hip digital circuitry. We designed three fully differential ver...

Filterless Optical Networks (FONs) represent a novel cost-effective solution for metro optical networks, that allows to achieve equipment-cost savings by removing expensive optical-switching components from network nodes. In this study, we investigate how further reduce equipment cost in FONs minimizing amplifiers’ cost. We propose Genetic Algorithm (GA) placing boosters, inline amplifiers and ...

A design methodology is proposed that can potentially provide effective bandwidth and scalability improvements to optical packet switching environments utilizing semiconductor optical amplifiers as broadcast-and-select switching elements. The design achieves added uniformity in the nodal gain–loss spectrum. The methodology is tested and verified using a commercial device with measurements perfo...

In the present paper, the inference of Cross-Phase Modulation and Cross Gain experiments on InGaAsP-based semiconductor optical amplifiers and Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) switches along with a novel characterization method for semiconductor optical amplifiers MZI switches which combines a pump-probe measurement with an interferometer bias scan are shown. For the 150-fs input pulses, a str...

A novel amplifier configuration is described, in which a bandpass delta-sigma modulator is used to produce a two-level (digital) signal representing an analog radio frequency (RF) input. Subsequently, a switching-mode amplifier and bandpass filter are used to amplify the signal and remove unwanted spectral components. This configuration has the potential of achieving high efficiency (typical of...

Digital signal processing (DSP) techniques are being incorporated in the design of modern power amplifiers (PA) and as the speed of DSP advances it is envisioned that DSP will develop to a point where algorithms will provide signals at RF particularly for switching amplifiers. The digital transmitter has many potential benefits such as the absence of aging or tuning problems, reconfigurability,...

This paper presents an analysis of a reconstruction filter in a switched mode power amplifier system. Doubly and singly terminated filters for current-mode class-S power amplifiers were analysed previously through analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches, and it was shown that only singly terminated filters can fulfil the requirements of current-mode switching amplifiers, owing to the...

High Frequency Current Mode Class-D Amplifiers With High Output Power and Efficiency By Anthony Lawrence Long A 13 watt Current Mode Class-D (CMCD) with 60% efficiency is presented. This amplifier is the highest power switch mode microwave power amplifier reported to date. The CMCD architecture is an improvement over the Voltage Mode Class-D in that the parasitic reactance in the active device ...