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Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) Design for 400 Gb/s Optical Fiber Communications

Maruf Newaz Ahmed

Thesis submitted to the faculty of the

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Master of Science

In

Electrical Engineering

Dong S. Ha, Co-Chair

Kwang-Jin Koh, Co-Chair

Majid Manteghi

May 02, 2013

Blacksburg, VA

Keywords: optical fiber communication; regulated cascode; shunt peaking; series peaking;

differential TIA; capacitive degeneration

Copyright 2013, Maruf Newaz Ahmed