Title :
Development of a low-cost, compact planar synchronous receiver for UWB systems
Author :
Han, Jeongwoo ; Xu, Rui ; Nguyen, Cam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
Abstract :
A new compact, low-cost ultra-wideband (UWB) synchronous receiver for UWB applications is presented. The developed receiver employs a double-sided planar structure, enabling low-cost hybrid MIC integration. It achieves an unprecedented conversion loss of 4.5-7.5 dB (without baseband amplifier) and conversion gain from 6.5-9.5 dB (with amplifier) over a 5.5 GHz RF bandwidth, a dynamic range of more than 50 dB and low harmonic distortion in the baseband output signal. The receiver´s down-converted signals match very close to those down-converted by a commercial digitized oscilloscope, demonstrating its high performance and hence usefulness for various UWB systems
Keywords :
radio receivers; ultra wideband communication; 5.5 GHz; RF bandwidth; UWB systems; baseband output signal; digitized oscilloscope; double-sided planar structure; dynamic range; harmonic distortion; low-cost compact ultra-wideband planar synchronous receiver; low-cost hybrid MIC integration; receiver down-converted signals; Bandwidth; Baseband; Dynamic range; Gain; Harmonic distortion; Microwave integrated circuits; RF signals; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1710779
