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Fiber optic receiver

Fiber optic networks use light signals to transmit data over a network. An optical communication system has a fiber optic receiver module which converts input optical signals into electric signals. Optical receivers translate pulses of optical energy into equivalent electrical signals. A fiber optic receiver must be capable of accurately regenerating the encoded data stream and decoding the data stream into a train of pulses over the entire bandwidth and for a wide range of power levels of the received optical signal. The optical pulses produce small currents in a photosensitive semiconductor, which are amplified and processed by electronic circuits to produce an electrical signal that duplicates the optical pulses. Fiber optic communications systems typically employ a photo diode or other optical detector located at an output of a fiber-optic link for converting the optical energy of a light pulse transmitted in the fiber to an electrical pulse suitable for electrical processing. A fiber optic module may be a fiber optic receiver, transmitter or transceiver including both receiver and transmitter functions. The fiber optic receiver, transmitter and transceiver each have optical elements (OE) and electrical elements (EE). The fiber optic receiver usually includes a photodiode that detects the light signal and converts the light signal into an electrical signal or current. A transimpedance amplifier amplifies the signal from the photodiode into a relatively large amplitude electrical signal. The amplified electrical signal is then converted into a digital data stream.

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