A vision chip with column-level amplification of optical data signals for indoor optical wireless local area networks

We present a vision chip architecture with column-level photo-amplification of optical data signals for optical wireless local area networks (LANs) to reduce the pixel area. Based on the architecture, we have fabricated a prototype vision chip in a standard 0.8 μm bipolar complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (BiCMOS) technology. The device offers position detection of other optical transceivers in the LAN and 4-ch concurrent high-speed optical data acquisition. A data rate of 400 Mbps was demonstrated. The pixel size was 125 μm square, which can be shrunk to smaller than around 60 μm square in 0.35 μm or more advanced BiCMOS or CMOS technologies.     

孔径平均对自由空间光通信误码率的影响

研究了接收端孔径平均效应对自由空间光通信误码率的影响。对数辐射方差是反映接收孔径上某一点闪烁起伏的参量。如果自由空间光通信的误码率仅仅是和对数辐射方差有关,那么得到的就是点接收器的结果。对数辐射的协方差是与接收平面上某两点间距离有关的闪烁起伏参量。孔径平均效应意味着要将误码率和对数辐射的协方差联系起来。文中共考虑了两种模型:球面波和平面波,并假设接收孔径直径等于第一菲涅耳区尺度。分析的结果显示,孔径平均后的误码率有明显的减小。