A Fully Electronic System for the Time Magnification of Ultra-Wideband Signals

Author

Schwartz, Joshua D. ; Azaña, Jose ; Plant, David V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.

Volume

55

Issue

2

fYear

2007

Firstpage

327

Lastpage

334

Abstract

We present the first experimental demonstration of a fully electronic system for the temporal magnification of signals in the ultra-wideband regime. The system employs a broadband analog multiplier and uses chirped electromagnetic-bandgap structures in microstrip technology to provide the required signal dispersion. The demonstrated system achieves a time-magnification factor of five in operation on a 0.6-ns time-windowed input signal with up to 8-GHz bandwidth. We discuss the advantages and limitations of this technique in comparison to recent demonstrations involving optical components

Keywords

analogue multipliers; dispersion (wave); microstrip circuits; microwave circuits; photonic band gap; signal processing; ultra wideband technology; 0.6 ns; broadband analog multiplier; chirped electromagnetic-bandgap structures; frequency conversion; fully electronic system; microstrip filters; microstrip technology; signal detection; signal dispersion; signal processing; signal temporal magnification; time magnification; ultra-wideband signals; Bandwidth; Chirp; Fiber nonlinear optics; Microstrip; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical imaging; Optical modulation; Ultra wideband technology; Analog multipliers; frequency conversion; microstrip filters; signal detection; signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2006.890069

Filename

4084846