Patent ID: 6538790
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
An optical receiver array comprising:a plurality of light-receiving elements for converting optical signals of a plurality of channels into electrical signals, respectively; a plurality of integrated amplifiers for amplifying the electrical signals output from said light-receiving elements and outputting the electrical signals, each of said amplifiers having positive and negative power supply terminals to which power is supplied; and a plurality of low-pass filters each of which is connected to at least one of a point between said positive power supply terminal of a corresponding one of said amplifiers and a first external power supply terminal and a point between said negative power supply terminal of a corresponding one of said amplifiers and a second external power supply terminal, wherein each of said light-receiving elements is connected to one of a point between said positive power supply terminal and an input terminal of a corresponding one of said amplifiers and a point between said input terminal and said negative power supply terminal of a corresponding one of said amplifiers.