DocumentCode
2088197
Title
A fibre-fed millimetre-wave radio transmitter with zero electrical power requirement
Author
Wake, D. ; Walker, N G ; Smith, I C
Author_Institution
BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich. UK. IP5 7RE. Tel.: +44 473 642571 Fax: +44 473 637400
fYear
1993
fDate
6-10 Sept. 1993
Firstpage
116
Lastpage
118
Abstract
A novel type of millimetre-wave radio transmitter has been produced, for which zero electrical power is required. This radio transmitter operates purely from a fibre input as part of a radio-fibre system, and is capable of generating an output power of ¿20 dBm (or more than ¿5dBm with a small area solar panel supplying less than 10mW of electrical power) at a frequency of 30GHz. The transmitter (excluding antenna) has a volume of 5cm3, and a weight of 13g. A video transmission experiment has been performed using this transmitter to demonstrate the principle of zero electrical power operation.
Keywords
Frequency modulation; Optical fiber devices; Optical mixing; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Photodiodes; Power generation; Radio transmitters; Transmitting antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference, 1993. 23rd European
Conference_Location
Madrid, Spain
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUMA.1993.336806
Filename
4136544
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