Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers primarily treats the circuit design of optical receivers with external photodiodes. Continuous mode and burst mode receivers are compared. The monograph first summarizes the basics of III V photodetectors transistor and noise models bit error rate sensitivity and analog circuit design thus enabling readers to understand the circuits described in the main part of the book. In order to cover the topic comprehensively detailed descriptions of receivers for optical data communication in general and in particular optical burst mode receivers in deep sub µm CMOS are presented. Numerous detailed and elaborate illustrations facilitate better understanding.