Optical control of semiconductor devices is a new area, which can be used in several applications. The dynamic behavior of these devices is a crucial problem. Reliable method for its characterization is highly needed. The ...

A two stage microwave hybrid integrated distributed amplifier with a gain of 7 ± 1 dB and a noise figure better than 5.2 dB in the 0.2–11 GHz band and better than 3 dB in the 7.5–11 GHz subband is reported. The amplifier ...

Optical responsivity and electrical reflection of an ultra high-speed pin photodiode (PD) are measured in 20 GHz frequency range. The effect of PD bias voltage variation was investigated at different incident optical power ...

A new approach for the design and construction of low noise broadband optical receivers is presented utilizing distributed amplification based on hybrid integrated technology. Using extremely low noise PHEMTs as well as ...

The gain-bandwidth relations of distributed amplifiers (DA) are analyzed. It is shown that the amplifier performance is uniquely related to the properties of the active elements and the electrical length of the transmission ...

Reliability and availability considerations are discussed in this paper with special focus on ‘cloud based’ Mobile Switching and Application Servers (MSS and AS). Before the extensive deployment of cloud based telecom ...

In the paper the gain-bandwidth relations of microwave distributed amplifiers are analyzed. It is shown that in case of proper realization corresponding to distributed amplifier (DA) requirements the amplifier gain and ...

In wideband optical communications the bandwidth and the noise of optical receivers are crucial problems. The application of a distributed amplifier instead of a transimpedance amplifier in an optical receiver has the ...

Both hardware and software architectures have to meet the strict requirements for high availability. High availability requires considerations already in the design phase of the products. There are practical rules in system ...

In this paper alternative circuit topologies for hybrid integrated distributed amplifiers (DA) are analyzed and compared. Improvement in the gain-bandwidth product and decrease in the gain ripple using the proposed new ...