• DocumentCode
    3530485
  • Title

    2.5V RF arbitrary waveform generation in the UWB-band with high power handling, highly linear photodiodes

  • Author

    Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M. ; Joshi, A. ; Datta, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    261
  • Lastpage
    264
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate for the first time 2.5V RF arbitrary waveform generation, at frequencies of interest to ultra-wideband (UWB) applications, enabled by high power handling photodiodes. The effect of the photodiodes´ amplitude & phase linearity is also explored.
  • Keywords
    photodiodes; waveform generators; RF arbitrary waveform generation; UWB-band; high power handling photodiodes; phase linearity; ultrawideband applications; voltage 2.5 V; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical pulse shaping; Photoconductivity; Photodiodes; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7824-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2010.5664171
  • Filename
    5664171