This book opens with the basics of the design of opto-electronic
interface circuits. The text continues with an in-depth analysis of the
photodiode, transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and limiting amplifier (LA).
To thoroughly describe light detection mechanisms in silicon, first a
one-dimensional and second a two-dimensional model is developed. All
material is experimentally verified with several CMOS implementations,
with ultimately a fully integrated Gbit/s optical receiver front-end
including photodiode, TIA and LA.