EP4457561A1 - Mélangeur électro-optique - Google Patents

Mélangeur électro-optique

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EP4457561A1
EP4457561A1 EP23703171.1A EP23703171A EP4457561A1 EP 4457561 A1 EP4457561 A1 EP 4457561A1 EP 23703171 A EP23703171 A EP 23703171A EP 4457561 A1 EP4457561 A1 EP 4457561A1
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electro
optical mixer
matching network
mixer according
photodiode
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Stephan Kruse
Johann Christoph Scheytt
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Universitaet Paderborn
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/0121—Operation of devices; Circuit arrangements, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • G02F1/0123—Circuits for the control or stabilisation of the bias voltage, e.g. automatic bias control [ABC] feedback loops
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/21—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  by interference
    • G02F1/212—Mach-Zehnder type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F1/00—Details of amplifiers with only discharge tubes, only semiconductor devices or only unspecified devices as amplifying elements
    • H03F1/08—Modifications of amplifiers to reduce detrimental influences of internal impedances of amplifying elements
    • H03F1/083—Modifications of amplifiers to reduce detrimental influences of internal impedances of amplifying elements in transistor amplifiers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
    • H03F3/04—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements with semiconductor devices only
    • H03F3/08—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements with semiconductor devices only controlled by light
    • H03F3/087—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements with semiconductor devices only controlled by light with IC amplifier blocks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/60—Receivers
    • H04B10/66—Non-coherent receivers, e.g. using direct detection
    • H04B10/67—Optical arrangements in the receiver

Definitions

  • the invention relates to an electro-optical mixer.
  • optical data is sent over long distances using glass fibers.
  • Glass fibers are also used in the radar area to distribute the local oscillator signal (LO).
  • LO local oscillator signal
  • the optical signal In order to send the data or the radar signal wirelessly, the optical signal has to be converted into an electrical signal before it is upconverted.
  • Optical signals are converted into electrical signals using transimpedance amplifiers (TIA). Up-conversion to the desired RF band is then performed using an electrical mixer.
  • TIA transimpedance amplifiers
  • the output signal of the TIA can then be pre-processed using a DC-balanced buffer and a variable gain amplifier (VGA) before this signal is multiplied by another signal using a mixer.
  • VGA variable gain amplifier
  • FIG. 1 A block diagram representing the closest prior art is shown in FIG.
  • an optical signal is routed from a switching center CO via a fiber to an optical baseband receiver BPR and pre-processed there (via exemplary processing using a photodiode, transimpedance amplifier, DC-balanced buffer and a variable gain amplifier (VGA)) and then in an electrical Stage TX mixed up to the desired RF band by means of a mixer (and another signal).
  • the optical baseband receiver BPR and the electrical stage TX are made available, for example, on a BICMOS integrated circuit. In this case, both the transimpedance amplifier and the electrical mixer increase the complexity of the overall system.
  • the transimpedance amplifier requires a separate chip area of the order of approx. 0.25 mm 2 , which increases the costs of such a system.
  • each individual component has a certain bandwidth.
  • the bandwidth of the overall system is determined by the bandwidth of the individual components and thereby by the component with the lowest bandwidth.
  • a separate TIA must be used to minimize the influence of parasitic capacitance. This TIA creates additional noise.
  • transimpedance amplifier as a separate component increases the risk of failure of the entire system.
  • This Channel Select Filter is based on passive components.
  • the (passive) components require a great deal of chip area, which means that the costs for the system rise sharply.
  • MZMs Mach-Zehnder Modulator
  • an optical input signal from a laser diode LD is routed to a Mach-Zehnder modulator MZM.
  • the output signal of the Mach-Zehnder modulator MZM is again optical and must first be converted into an electrical signal by means of a photodiode PD.
  • This electrical signal is then a current signal.
  • this current signal must be converted into a voltage signal in a transimpedance amplifier.
  • Mach-Zehnder modulators require a large area and very high control voltages, this solution is disadvantageous for integrated circuits and, in particular, extremely scaled technologies.
  • voltages in the range of 2-3V are required to control a Mach-Zehnder modulator.
  • this voltage range can already lead to failure of the driver components.
  • driver components in turn increase the noise of the mixer.
  • the MZM requires several square millimeters of chip area, which in turn increases the overall price of the system.
  • MZM only have a bandwidth in the ⁇ 30 GHz range, which makes this solution unsuitable for HF applications.
  • the supply voltage can be switched off.
  • Another alternative would be to use an analog latch to freeze the signals in a DC state after the transimpedance amplifier.
  • analog latches are very expensive in the mm-wave range, which would greatly increase the cost of the system.
  • the matching network is only designed as a bandpass filter, so that it is generally not possible to select different frequency bands.
  • the electro-optical mixer 1 has at least one photodiode PD for converting an incident optical signal.
  • the electro-optical mixer 1 has at least one first connection and at least one second connection, a first voltage supply Vi being connected to the first connection/the respective first connections (each) and a first voltage supply Vi to the second connection/the/the respective second connections (each).
  • second power supply V 2 can be connected.
  • a first power supply 11 can be connected to the first connection/the respective first connections (each) and a second power supply 12 can be connected to the second connection/the/the respective second connections (each).
  • the electro-optical mixer 1 also has at least one connection for a small-signal ground potential for the first voltage supply Vi and the second voltage supply V 2 .
  • the small-signal ground potential can be any potential, but in particular also the ground potential of the entire circuit.
  • the electro-optical mixer 1 has a first partial matching network - represented by Z 2 , Z 4 - which is arranged on the anode side of the photodiode PD, with part of the first partial matching network - here Z 2 - being switchable with the connection for the second voltage supply V 2 can be connected by means of switch S 2 , and wherein another part of the first partial matching network - here Z4 - can be connected to the connection for the small-signal ground potential in a switchable manner by means of switch S 2 '.
  • the electro-optical mixer 1 has a second partial matching network - represented by Zi, Z3 - which is arranged on the cathode side of the photodiode PD, with a part of the second Sub-matching network - here Zi - can be connected to the connection for the first voltage supply Vi in a switchable manner by means of a switch Si, and another part of the second sub-matching network - here Z3 - can be connected to the connection for the small-signal ground potential by means of a switch Si'.
  • a second partial matching network - represented by Zi, Z3 - which is arranged on the cathode side of the photodiode PD, with a part of the second Sub-matching network - here Zi - can be connected to the connection for the first voltage supply Vi in a switchable manner by means of a switch Si, and another part of the second sub-matching network - here Z3 - can be connected to the connection for the small-signal ground potential by means of a switch Si'.
  • Matching networks are to be seen as impedance matching, i.e. an AC voltage separation through a sole capacitor (as a decoupling element) is not to be understood as a matching network.
  • the electro-optical mixer 1 further comprises a first decoupling element Ci, which is arranged on the cathode side of the photodiode PD, and a second decoupling element C 2 , which is arranged on the anode side of the photodiode PD.
  • the first decoupling element Ci and the second decoupling element C 2 in turn have an inductive and/or resistive character and/or a capacitive character.
  • an electrical output signal can then be provided between the sides of the first decoupling element Ci and of the second decoupling element C 2 that are remote from the photodiode PD.
  • the electrical output signal is one at a time
  • Transimpedance amplifier TlAi, TIA 2 supplied.
  • the switches Si, S2, Si′, S2′ are designed as any switching element, but in particular as semiconductor switches, for example as transistors.
  • the circuit can operate as an optical receiver.
  • the electro-optical mixer can be deactivated by means of the switches Si, S2, Si′, S2′.
  • the switching positions of the switches Si, S2, Si', S2' can be controlled by any signal, in particular by an optical signal and/or by an electrical signal and/or by a mechanical signal.
  • the system is implemented in semiconductor technology, e.g.
  • the system can also be implemented with discrete components.
  • the electro-optical mixer can obviously also be partially integrated and, for example, have individual elements as discrete components.
  • the system can work with any polarized light.
  • the system can work with purely TE-polarized light or with purely TM-polarized light.
  • the system can also work with purely TE-polarized light and with purely TM-polarized light and thus provide processing for polarization multiplexing, for example.
  • the optical signal RF is detected in the photodiode PD and converted into an electrical signal.
  • the first sub-matching network and the second sub-matching network decouple the electrical signal and generate or select the frequency band through the impedance matching, which is provided by the first sub-matching network and the second sub-matching network.
  • the impedances Zi In the example in FIG. 3, the impedances Zi .
  • the channel/frequency band can be selected by varying the voltages Vi, V 2 or currents , h, since the matching network is formed from the first partial matching network and becomes resonant for (other frequencies) in the second partial matching network in interaction with the impedances of the photodiode PD.
  • the actual mixing process is provided in the H-bridge consisting of Si, S 2 , Si', S 2 ', Zi, Z 2 , Z 3 , Z4 and PD.
  • FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of the invention.
  • the passive core remains as in Figure 3.
  • broadband signals can also be detected if the capacitances are very large, ie if Ci, C2 ->", and the impedances Zi, Z 2 , Z 3 , Z4 (eg inductances) have been selected appropriately.
  • the currents can be converted into voltages using the transimpedance amplifiers TlAi and TIA2. If, on the other hand, power is desired at the output, the voltages can be transformed into power at a specific impedance by means of optional matching networks (at the outputs of the transimpedance amplifiers TlAi and TIA2). Furthermore, the system is not limited to just two TIAs transimpedance amplifiers. Any number of TIAS sensitive to different frequencies can be used. After selecting the appropriate transimpedance amplifier, a channel selection can then take place.
  • the embodiments according to FIG. 4 permit both broadband and narrowband operation.
  • the embodiments presented here use an H-bridge in contrast to Gilbert cells or non-linearized components.
  • the systems can be implemented as a broadband system or with channel selection.
  • the system also offers the option of being deactivated.
  • the electro-optical mixer of the invention comprises an H-bridge which allows an optical signal to be multiplied by an electrical signal directly, without the presence of a transimpedance amplifier.
  • the electro-optical mixer of the invention consumes less power, with less complexity and less noise.
  • the chip area is also reduced by the size of the TIA or the Mach-Zehnder modulator.
  • the bandwidth can be adjusted by using appropriate partial matching networks.
  • the bandwidth can also be influenced by the semiconductor technology used.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un mélangeur électro-optique (1) à sortie électrique, le mélangeur électro-optique comprenant : - une photodiode (PD) pour convertir un signal optique incident, - une première et une seconde borne, à laquelle première borne peut être connectée une première alimentation en tension (V1) et à laquelle seconde borne une seconde alimentation en tension (V2) peut être connectée ou à laquelle première borne peut être connectée une première alimentation en courant (I1) et à laquelle seconde borne une seconde alimentation en courant (I2) peut être connectée, - une borne pour un potentiel de masse de petit signal pour la première alimentation en tension (V1) et la seconde alimentation en tension (V2), - un premier réseau d'adaptation partielle (Z2, Z4) situé sur le côté anode de la photodiode (PD), une partie du premier réseau d'adaptation partielle (Z2) pouvant être commutable (S2) connectée à la borne pour la seconde alimentation en tension (V2) et une autre partie du premier réseau d'adaptation partielle (Z4) pouvant être commutable (S2') connectée à la borne pour le potentiel de masse de petit signal, - un second réseau d'adaptation partielle (Z1, Z3) situé du côté cathode de la photodiode (PD), une partie du second réseau d'adaptation partielle (Z1) pouvant être reliée de manière commutable (S1) à la borne pour la première alimentation en tension (V1) et une autre partie du second réseau d'adaptation partielle (Z3) pouvant être reliée de manière commutable (S1') à la borne pour le potentiel de masse de petit signal, les éléments du premier réseau d'adaptation partielle (Z2, Z4) et du second réseau d'adaptation partielle (Z1, Z3) ayant un caractère inductif et/ou résistif et/ou un caractère capacitif, - un premier élément de découplage (C1), qui est situé sur le côté cathode de la photodiode (PD), - un second élément de découplage (C2), qui est situé sur le côté anode de la photodiode (PD), le premier élément de découplage (C1) et le second élément de découplage (C2) ayant un caractère inductif et/ou résistif et/ou un caractère capacitif, pendant le fonctionnement, un signal de sortie électrique pouvant être disposé entre les côtés du premier élément de découplage (C1) et du second élément de découplage (C2) qui sont distants de la photodiode (PD).
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