• DocumentCode
    2262699
  • Title

    Performance Comparison of Analog Optical Link and Copper Cable Link for RF Signal Transmission

  • Author

    Luo, Yinghui ; Liu, LiLi ; Chen, YiQun

  • Author_Institution
    Res. center of network & Commun., Guangdong Inst. of Educ., Guangzhou
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    27-30 Nov. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Externally modulated analog fiber optic links with and without RF amplification are compared with traditional RF copper links in terms of noise figure (NF) and spur-free dynamic range (SFDR). The detail simulations are performed over 1 to 18 GHz frequency range for a variety of transmission lengths. Our analysis has shown that the fiber optic link is the technology of choice even for a transmission distance as short as a few hundreds of meters.
  • Keywords
    amplification; optical cables; optical links; optical modulation; RF copper links; RF signal transmission; analog optical link; copper cable link; frequency 1 GHz to 18 GHz; noise figure; spur-free dynamic range; Copper; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; RF signals; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communication Technology, 2006. ICCT '06. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Guilin
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0800-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0801-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCT.2006.341814
  • Filename
    4146415