DocumentCode
2025577
Title
Mixing spur reduction through photonic-assisted frequency conversion
Author
Middleton, Charles ; Mast, Alan ; DeSalvo, Richard
Author_Institution
Harris Corp., Melbourne, FL, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
11-13 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
26
Lastpage
27
Abstract
Frequency converting systems can be severely limited by undesired spurious signals arising from combinations of odd and even harmonics of RF and LO inputs in an RF mixer. This work demonstrates the advantage of using photonic-assisted frequency conversion to reduce the impact of mixing spurs-both analytically and experimentally-showing truly 3rd-order limited performance and extending to millimeter wave frequencies.
Keywords
harmonic distortion; intermodulation distortion; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; RF mixer; even harmonics; intermodulation distortion; millimeter wave frequencies; odd harmonics; photonic-assisted frequency conversion; spur reduction mixing; spurious signals; Amplitude modulation; Frequency measurement; Microwave measurements; Mixers; Photonics; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Avionics, Fiber- Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Cocoa Beach, FL
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0757-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AVFOP.2012.6344061
Filename
6344061
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