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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Katsuji Kaminishi, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An optical receiving circuit comprises a photodetector, a differential transimpedance amplifier, a peak detector, a resistor network circuit and a discriminator. The transimpedance amplifier receives a current pulse converted by the photo-detector and outputs a non-inverting voltage signal and an inverting voltage signal of the same level. A peak detector for detecting a peak value of the non-inverting voltage signal. A resistor network circuit make an additional operations between an output signal from the peak detector and the inverted voltage signal, and between the non-inverting voltage signal and the non-inverting voltage signal, thereby generating two complemental voltage signals, which have the same amplitude and cross each other at a middle point of the amplitude. The discriminator discriminates a crossing potential at which the two complemental voltage signals generated by the resistor network circuit and generates a pulse-shaped signal with a logical level whose state is changed to another logical state at the crossing potential.