Title :
Low-cost millimeter-wave transmitter using software radio techniques
Author :
Chongcheawchamnan, M. ; Ang, K.S. ; Kpogla, D. ; Nam, S. ; Lucyszyn, S. ; Robertso, L.D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. IT & Math., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
Abstract :
A low-cost millimeter-wave transmitter architecture comprising a fixed-frequency Gunn oscillator feeding a vector modulator is presented. Multifunction signal processing in software is applied to a 60 GHz direct carrier modulation transmitter for the first time.
Keywords :
Gunn oscillators; Microwave links; Millimetre wave circuits; Radio transmitters; Signal processing; 60 GHz; EHF; digital predistortion; direct carrier modulation transmitter; fixed-frequency Gunn oscillator; low-cost MM-wave transmitter; medium power transmitter; millimeter-wave transmitter architecture; multifunction signal processing; software radio techniques; spectral shaping filter; vector modulator chip; Amplitude modulation; Baseband; Gunn devices; Millimeter wave technology; Nonlinear distortion; Oscillators; Phase distortion; Predistortion; Radio transmitters; Software radio;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5687-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862365
