Apd Circuit

An APD differs from a PIN photodiode by providing internal photo-electronic signal gain. Therefore, output signal current, IS, from and APD equals IS MROlPS, where ROl is the intrinsic responsivity of the APD at a gain M1 and wavelength l, M is the gain of the APD, and PS is the incident optical power.

An active quench circuit senses the increase in current through the circuit usually by a drop in voltage across an in-series resistor and actively pins the voltage across the APD to below breakdown voltage for a set period. 1. The avalanche is sensed by the active quenching circuit and the APD voltage is immediately decreased below breakdown.

digital temperature-compensation APD modules, the gain is kept very stable over a wide temperature range even at a high gain 250 times. In thermoelectrically cooled APD modules, the APD chip is mounted on a thermoelectric cooler that is kept at a constant temperature by the internal temperature control circuit so that a stable gain is achieved.

Designing a Low-Current Bias Circuit for APD Detectors. Figure 1 illustrates how to use the MAX1932 to design a low-current bias supply IC for high-speed APD detectors. This circuit uses a capacitor CA and resistor RA to inject leading phase shift into the feedback loop, which provides improved transient response over the standard MAX1932 application circuit.

The structure of the silicon APD. An avalanche photodiode APD is a highly sensitive type of photodiode, which in general are semiconductor diodes that convert light into electricity via the photovoltaic effect.APDs use materials and a structure optimised for operating with high reverse bias voltage, approaching the reverse breakdown voltage, such that charge carriers generated by the

An avalanche photodiode APD typically requires a high reverse bias voltage to provide gain. An OPA445 can operate on -45V supplies but in this circuit we require only one polarity output voltage so the op amp is operated on assymetrical power supply voltages. This is permissable if the op amp common-mode voltage range is not exceeded.

The bias voltage and current measurement requirements constitute a significant design challenge, and common circuit approaches do not meet APD signal-conditioning requirements. More sophisticated techniques are necessary, particularly with any additional performance requirements for high-accuracy, low-noise, and digital outputs.

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The circuit's transient response in Figure 4 shows a clean step response with no peaking or overshoot. The OPA445 is now offered in a SO-8 surface-mount package, so adding a programmable APD bias supply into a corner of a larger PCB layout is now feasible. This bias supply circuit can easily be reconfigured to supply

an accuracy inside 1, normally must occur in the APD's quothigh side,quot complicating circuit design. This restriction applies because the APD's anode is committed to the receiver amplifier's summing point. The APD module, an expensive and electrically delicate device, must be protected from damage under all condi-tions.