A photoconductive correlation receiver for time-hopped wireless spread-spectrum radio

Author

Funk, Eric E. ; Ramsey, Scott ; Lee, Chi H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

231

Abstract

We present the first demonstration of a new receiver for digital time-hopped spread-spectrum wireless communications. The time-hopped system is based upon the transmission of short radio frequency (RF) pulses with bandwidths exceeding 200 MHz. The new receiver used photoconductive switching to perform front-end correlated reception. This type of receiver was designed to provide a large dynamic range in the presence of noise and interference. Results show a bit error rate of better than 10^-7 at a 250-kB/s data rate

Keywords

correlation methods; digital radio; error statistics; laser beam applications; photoconducting switches; radio receivers; spread spectrum communication; wireless LAN; 200 MHz; 250 kB/s; BER; RF pulses; WLAN capability; bit error rate; digital wireless communication; front-end correlated reception; large dynamic range; photoconductive correlation receiver; photoconductive switching; time-hopped spread-spectrum radio; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Communication switching; Dynamic range; Interference; Photoconductivity; Radio frequency; Receivers; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.678574

Filename

678574