doi:10.1109/JLT.2012.2205220engAznar, F.Sánchez-Azqueta, C.Celma, S.Calvo, B.Gigabit Receiver over 1-mm SI-POF for Home Area NetworksART-2012-81648A novel receiver front-end is proposed for short-range optical communications over low-cost polymer optical fiber and, in particular, for home area networks. This paper focuses on the experimental verification of the IC prototype POFchip-II, implemented in a standard 0.18- μ m CMOS technology plus a commercial Si-PIN photodetector and a 1 mm step-index plastic optical fiber (POF) transmission channel. A 1.25 Gb/s data transmission rate is attained for POF lengths ranging from 10 to 50 m thanks to a continuous-time adaptive equalizer included in the receiver chain that compensates the limited and length-dependent speed of POF. The measured sensitivity of the receiver leads to an eye-safety approach up to almost 30 m reach.2012http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/14890210.1109/JLT.2012.2205220http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/148902oai:zaguan.unizar.es:148902info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-FEDER/TEC2008-05455/TECinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-FEDER/TEC2011-23211Journal of Lightwave Technology 30, 16 (2012), 2668-2674byhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess