A 53 GHz monolithically integrated InP/InGaAs PIN/HBT receiver OEIC with an electrical bandwidth of 63 GHz

We report on the characterization of a monolithically integrated InP/InGaAs PIN/HBT-Photoreceiver for a wavelength of /spl lambda/=1.55 /spl mu/m. The preamplifier achieves a transimpedance gain of 44.3 dB/spl Omega/ (164 /spl Omega/) and a bandwidth of 63 GHz, whereas the optical/electrical -3 dB-bandwidth of the entire receiver is 53 GHz. A pulse width of 10.5 ps was measured for the system consisting of receiver, on-wafer probe, bias-tee and sampling-scope. Finally we present eye pattern measurements at 40 Gb/s with a RZ coded optical input signal.