Four channel MMIC-based transmitter module for RF/optical subcarrier multiplexed communications

Author

Sangwoo Han ; Chang-Ho Lee ; Matinpour, B. ; Laskar, J. ; Blumenthal, D.J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of ECE, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

13-19 June 1999

Firstpage

1121

Abstract

We present a compact four channel RF/optical subcarrier multiplexed (OSCM) transmitter module based on MMIC chipsets and coupled-line filters. The module generates four subcarriers in the 5.2 to 6 GHz frequency range and supports up to 50 Mbits/s data rate per channel. We present the module design and measured bit-error-rate (BER) performance of the OSCM link. This work is the first step towards fully monolithic implementation of a multi-channel OSCM transmitter module.

Keywords

MMIC; amplitude shift keying; digital communication; error statistics; microwave links; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical transmitters; subcarrier multiplexing; 5.2 to 6 GHz; 50 Mbit/s; BER performance; MMIC chipsets; MMIC-based transmitter module; RF/optical SCM communications; bit error rate; coupled-line filters; four channel transmitter module; module design; multichannel transmitter module; optical SCM; subcarrier multiplexed communications; Band pass filters; MMICs; Optical control; Optical crosstalk; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; Switches; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5135-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1999.779584

Filename

779584