Title :
Passive optical receiver for visible light communication (VLC)
Author :
Hung-Yu Chen;Kevin Liang;Chung-Yen Chen;Shih-Hao Chen;Chi-Wai Chow;Chien-Hung Yeh
Author_Institution :
Department of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate using solar cell as optical receiver (Rx) for visible light communication (VLC). The solar cell is low cost and can convert the VLC optical signal into electrical signal without external power supply. As the response of the solar cell is very limited; we also propose and demonstrate using pre-distortion to significantly enhance the response of the solar cell Rx. A VLC capacity of 0.4 Mbit/s at bit-error-rate (BER) of 10-9 under wireless transmission distance of 75 cm; and a capacity of 0.3 Mbit/s at BER of 10-9 under wireless transmission distance of 125 cm can be achieved.
Keywords :
"Photovoltaic cells","Bit error rate","Light emitting diodes","Wireless communication","Optical receivers","Visible light communication","Distortion"
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 2015 - 2015 IEEE Region 10 Conference
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8639-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2159-3450
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.2015.7372787
