Philips Semiconductors SA5211
Transimpedance amplifier (180 MHz)
Product specification Rev. 03 — 07 October 1998 15 of 28
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strongly determined by the quiescent current of Q1, the feedback resistor RF, and the
bandwidth; however, it is not dependent upon the internal Miller-capacitance. The
measured wideband noise was 41 nA RMS in a 200 MHz bandwidth.
14. Dynamic range calculations
The electrical dynamic range can be defined as the ratio of maximum input current to
the peak noise current:
Electrical dynamic range, DE, in a 200 MHz bandwidth assuming IINMAX = 60 µA and
a wideband noise of IEQ =41nA
RMS for an external source capacitance of CS= 1 pF.
(5)
(6)
(7)
In order to calculate the optical dynamic range the incident optical power must be
considered.
For a given wavelength λ;
Energy of one Photon = watt sec (Joule)
Where h = Planck’s Constant = 6.6 ×10-34 Joule sec.
c = speed of light = 3 × 108 m/sec
c / λ = optical frequency
No. of incident photons/sec = where P = optical incident power
No. of generated electrons/sec =
where η = quantum efficiency
DE(Max. input current)
(Peak noise current)
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=
DE(dB) 20 log 60 10 6–
×()
2 41 10 9–
()
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=
DEdB() 20 log 60 µA()
58 nA()
-------------------- 60db==
hc
λ
------
P
hc
------
λ
------
η
P
hc
------
λ
------
×
no. of generated electron hole pairs
no. of incident photons
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