C-Band transceiver testbed with substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) filter for ultra-wideband (UWB) communications

Author

Seifarth, Christoph ; Draheim, Robert ; Scholl, Gerd

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electr. Meas. Eng., Helmut Schmidt Univ., Hamburg

fYear

2008

fDate

30-31 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

328

Lastpage

331

Abstract

A new low data rate C-band transceiver testbed with substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) filter for ultra-wideband (UWB) communications is presented. Data is modulated with on-off-keying (OOK) and transmitted by baseband UWB pulse trains upconverted to a carrier frequency. For low cost applications and low-complexity devices, the suboptimal receiver scheme of energy detection was chosen and realized with a logarithmic detector. The transceiver testbed is controlled by digital signal controllers (DSC) and is fabricated using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) surface mount devices (SMD), substrate integrated waveguides and a planar printed circuit board (PCB) antenna structure offering flexibility and lower costs for non-mass-market products and applications.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; planar antennas; printed circuits; substrate integrated waveguides; surface mount technology; transceivers; ultra wideband communication; waveguide filters; C-band transceiver testbed; UWB pulse trains; commercial off-the-shelf surface mount devices; digital signal controllers; energy detection; logarithmic detector; non-mass-market products; on-off-keying; planar antenna; printed circuit board; suboptimal receiver scheme; substrate integrated waveguide filter; ultra-wideband communications; Baseband; Circuit testing; Costs; Detectors; Digital control; Filters; Frequency; Pulse modulation; Transceivers; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2008. EuRAD 2008. European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-009-5

Type

conf

Filename

4760868