Title :
A software defined radio direct conversion receiver
Author :
Mohajer, Mehrbod ; Mohammadi, Abbas ; Abdipour, Abdolali
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Amirkabir Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a new direct conversion receiver based on multiport structures that are very suitable for software defined radio applications. The proposed receiver is a five-port architecture which provides some advantages in compare to the previous architectures. The microwave simulations have been conducted to show its abilities as a direct demodulator. Meanwhile, the measured results indicate that the introduced five-port can be effectively used as a software defined radio receiver.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; demodulators; multiport networks; radio receivers; software radio; direct conversion receiver; direct demodulator; five-port architecture; microwave simulation; multiport structures; software defined radio receiver; Computer architecture; Demodulation; Energy consumption; Equations; Filters; Image converters; RF signals; Radio frequency; Receivers; Software radio;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2005 European
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-2-8
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2005.1610316