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Design and implementation of a CMOS light pulse receiver cell array for spatial optical communications.

Md Shakowat Zaman Sarker¹, Shinya Itoh, Moeta Hamai

¹Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011, Japan. sarker@idl.rie.shizuoka.ac.jp

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

|February 10, 2012

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This study presents a CMOS light pulse receiver (LPR) for spatial optical communications. The developed LPR cell enables high-speed imaging and 1 MHz optical communication, demonstrating feasibility for 100m links.

Area of Science:

Integrated circuit design
Optical communications engineering
Solid-state device physics

Background:

Spatial optical communication systems require efficient light receivers.
Existing receivers may have limitations in speed, sensitivity, or integration.

Purpose of the Study:

To design and evaluate a novel CMOS light pulse receiver (LPR) cell for spatial optical communications.
To assess the performance of the LPR cell for both imaging and data transmission.

Main Methods:

Device simulations and prototype chip implementation using 0.18 μm CMOS technology.
Integration of a pinned photodiode, four transistors, and a source follower circuit.
Embedding an image pixel array alongside the LPR cell array for spatial localization.

Keywords:

CMOS image sensor LED light pulse receiver spatial optical communication

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Main Results:

A prototype chip with 640 × 240 image pixels and 640 × 240 LPR cells was fabricated.
Successful demonstration of imaging at 60 frames per second (fps) and optical communication at a 1 MHz carrier frequency.
Transient response model validation through simulations and measurements.

Conclusions:

The designed CMOS LPR cell operates effectively in the sub-threshold region.
Spatial optical communication up to 100 meters is feasible with a 10 × 10 LED array.
The LPR cell shows promise for high-performance optical communication and imaging applications.