A Novel Millimeter Wave Receiver Using Self-heterodyne Detection for a Digital Broadcasting ROF System

Author

Nakatogawa, Tsuyoshi ; Maeda, Mikio ; Oyamada, Kimiyuki

Author_Institution

Sci. & Tech. Res. Labs., NHK, Tokyo

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Radio on fiber is an effective method to provide multi-channel digital TV services to subscriber´s premises where it is difficult to install optical fibers or coaxial cables. In this paper, we propose a novel millimeter-wave receiver for subscribers that uses self-heterodyne detection. It can improve sensitivity by 10 dB compared with a conventional self-heterodyne receiver. A wireless transmission experiment proved the practicality of this receiver and ROF system

Keywords

digital television; heterodyne detection; microwave photonics; millimetre wave receivers; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical receivers; radio-over-fibre; television broadcasting; digital broadcasting radio on fiber system; millimeter wave receiver; multichannel digital TV services; self-heterodyne detection; subscriber service; wireless transmission experiment; Frequency conversion; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Phase noise; TV receivers; Cable TV; Millimeter wave frequency conversion; Millimeter wave receivers; Optical fiber communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2006. MWP '06. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0203-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0204-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2006.346516

Filename

4153818