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To mitigate the trade-off between gain and bandwidth of CMOS multistage amplifiers, a receiver front-end (FE) that employs a high-gain narrowband transimpedance amplifier (TIA) followed by an equalizing main amplifier (EMA) is proposed. The EMA provides a high-frequency peaking to extend the FE’s bandwidth from 25% to 60% of the targeted data rate fbit. The peaking is realized by adding a pole in the feedback paths of an active feedback-based wideband amplifier. By embedding the peaking in the main amplifier (MA), the front-end meets the sensitivity and gain of conventional equalizer-based receivers with better energy efficiency by eliminating the equalizer stages. Simulated in TSMC 65 nm CMOS technology, the proposed front-end achieves 7.4 dB and 6 dB higher gain at 10 Gb/s and 20 Gb/s, respectively, compared to a conventional front-end that is designed for equal bandwidth and dissipates the same power. The higher gain demonstrates the capability of the proposed technique in breaking the gain-bandwidth trade-off. The higher gain also reduces the power penalty incurred by the decision circuit and improves the sensitivity by 1.5 dB and 2.24 dB at 10 Gb/s and 20 Gb/s, respectively. Simulations also confirm that the proposed FE exhibits a robust performance against process and temperature variations and can support large input currents.

A Novel Inductorless Design Technique for Linear Equalization in Optical Receivers