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Here we report on a novel optoelectronic architecture capable to add in-phase the current pulses generated by each one of the fast Si photodiodes forming an array illuminated by laser pulses. The aim is to increase the total photodiode sensitive area to achieve higher output pulsed current values by maintaining unaltered the response time, the bandwidth and the reverse bias voltage proper of each single photodiode. We investigated the performances of the optoelectronic system by using photodiodes with different sensitive areas and junction capacitances for laser pulses repetition rates up to 200 MHz. We also experimentally characterized the circuitry composed by an array of 4 fast photodiodes by using 800 ps laser pulses at a repetition rate of 200 MHz proving that the achieved response times and bandwidth remain the same of those ones of each single photodiode.