Optically coherent direct modulated FM analog link with phase noisecanceling circuit

This paper demonstrates a new phase noise canceling (PNC) circuit for use with an optically coherent analog frequency modulation (FM) link employing directly modulated distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Direct frequency modulation of a semiconductor laser is a highly efficient optical-to-electrical conversion process, which can lead to very low noise figure (NF) and high dynamic range (DR). However, the large laser phase noise found in semiconductor lasers significantly degrades the FM link performance. The PNC circuit is a simple means for canceling the laser phase noise while extracting the modulated signal and taking advantage of the high FM conversion efficiency of semiconductor lasers. The theoretical performance of the PNC PM link is discussed in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), NF, and DR, and is compared to a Mach-Zehnder modulated link which uses high-power, solid-state lasers. Phase noise cancellation is demonstrated in an experimental PNC FM link. Comparison of a PNC FM link to an externally modulated AM (coherent) link shows a 31 dB improvement in the NF of the FM link, and a 10 dB improvement in DR. However at higher received optical powers phase-to-intensity noise limits the performance of both links to well below the theoretical calculations     

正交偶极子的极化特性分析

双极化相控阵天线的极化特性及其对目标极化散射矩阵测量的影响,将决定相控阵体制雷达获取目标极化信息的精度和能力,是相控阵雷达极化技术的基础。以正交偶极子为阵元模型,分析了双极化阵列天线的空域极化特性及其对雷达目标极化散射矩阵测量的影响。由于两阵元辐射电场在偏离视轴方向的非正交性,不可避免地会引起两天线交叉极化之间的相互干扰。根据传统交叉极化评价指标的定义,分析了正交偶极子天线的交叉极化特性,并从目标极化特性测量性能的角度,定义了双极化雷达系统的交叉极化隔离度,将其表示为极化测量系数矩阵条件数的形式,以衡量全极化相控阵雷达天线的交叉极化特性。     

一种新型极化捷变有源微带天线阵

本文提出了一种新颖的极化捷变放大器型有源微带天线阵,只要在馈电端电控单一有源电路就能实现整个微带天线面阵极化的捷变和信号的放大.利用角馈方形微带贴片设计了一副具有高隔离度和低交叉极化的新颖16元双极化面阵,并分析了天线阵的共极化和交叉极化方向图.介绍了有源电路的设计.该电路利用一专用电控移相器,通过改变场效应管(FET)栅极的直流控制电压,电控两极化端口间的0°或90°相差,实现天线阵由线极化到圆极化的捷变.低噪声放大器(LNA)不仅使有源天线增益提高12-14dB,而且改善了天线的驻波比带宽和隔离度.文中给出了无源双极化阵和有源阵的实验结果,证实了理论的有效性.     

一种Ka频段超低交叉极化宽频带波纹喇叭天线

波纹喇叭天线是一种结构紧凑、具有良好辐射性能的馈源天线,特别是轴向槽波纹喇叭天线可以在宽频段内实现极低的交叉极化,对扩展工作频段、实现极化复用有重要的价值。文章对轴向槽波纹喇叭天线的设计方法进行了研究,利用模式匹配法和全波算法软件设计了一种Ka频段超低交叉极化宽频带轴向槽波纹喇叭天线。实测数据表明,该喇叭天线工作频段可覆盖整个Ka频段（26.5~40 GHz）,在频段内回波损耗小于-20 dB、交叉极化小于-45 dB,同时天线具备良好的方向图对称性和相位中心稳定性,在卫星通信领域具有广阔的应用前景。     

Pairwise subcarriers weighting for suppressing out‐of‐band radiation of OFDM

This paper proposes a subcarrier weighting technique to suppress the out‐of‐band radiation of OFDM signals. By mapping and weighting the same data on an adjacent pair of subcarriers, the spectrum sidelobes are suppressed perfectly through sidelobes mutual cancellation. The optimum weighting factor is derived based on a rectangular pulse‐shaped OFDM spectrum model. Compared with existing out‐of‐band suppression schemes, the proposed scheme not only requires less computational burden but also achieves better spectral roll‐off. For example, when the cyclic prefix of a one‐eighth OFDM‐block length is added, the proposed scheme suppresses the 10‐dB radiation at the center frequency between two subbands which are using cognitive radio. Analytical and simulation results also show that the proposed scheme improves the system carrier‐to‐interference ratio by 10 dB at a normalized frequency offset above 0.1, which leads to the performance improvement in terms of the BER on AWGN channel and multipath fading channel. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于超表面的低雷达散射截面宽频贴片阵列天线设计

该文设计了一种基于超表面(MS)的低雷达散射截面(RCS)宽频贴片阵列天线。该天线由工作在不同频段的两种开缝贴片天线组成2×4的八元阵,以此实现天线小型化并扩展其带宽,根据相位相消原理,将两种人工磁导体(AMC)以棋盘布阵的方式组成超表面加载到天线阵周围,使其具有低RCS特性。实测和仿真结果表明:加载超表面后,天线工作带宽由5.7~6.2 GHz扩展为5.6~6.6 GHz,相对带宽增大1倍,辐射特性基本保持不变;当平面波垂直入射时,天线单站RCS减缩效果明显,其中,X极化波下3 dB减缩带宽为5.3~7.0 GHz,最大减缩量达31 dB,Y极化波下3 dB减缩带宽为5.8~6.9 GHz。     

宽带高增益输出平衡CMOS低噪声放大器的设计

设计了一种带片内变压器、适用于0.05～2.5 GHz频段的宽带低噪声放大器(LNA).电路设计采用了并行的共栅共源放大结构,将从天线接收到的单端输入信号转换为一对差分信号输出给后级链路.针对变压器结构的LNA噪声系数不够低和输出不平衡的问题,采用了缩放技术、噪声消除技术以及两级的全差分放大器作为输出缓冲级,来有效降低电路的噪声系数,提高增益和输出平衡度.电路采用TSMC 0.18μm 1P6M RF CMOS工艺设计仿真和流片,测试结果表明:在0.05 ～ 2.5 GHz频带范围内,该LNA的最高功率增益达24.5 dB,全频段内噪声系数为2.6～4 dB,输入反射系数小于-10 dB,输出差分信号幅度和相位差分别低于0.6dB和1.8°.     

Dual polarization stacked microstrip patch antenna array with verylow cross-polarization

This paper describes the development and performance of a wideband dual linear polarization microstrip antenna array used in the Danish high-resolution airborne multifrequency polarimetric synthetic aperture radar, EMISAR. The antenna was designed for an operating frequency of 1.25 GHz±50 MHz and was built as an array of 8×2 probe-fed stacked microstrip patches. The feeding network is constructed in microstrip and is capable of handling 6 kW of peak input-power at an altitude of 45000 ft (unpressurized). The impedance bandwidth (return loss better than -14 dB) of the antenna is 10%, the isolation between the horizontal and the vertical ports of the array is 50 dB and the cross-polarization suppression is 40 dB. A new design principle for simultaneously achieving very low cross-polarization and low side lobes in dual linear polarization antenna arrays has been applied     

Polarization-agile microstrip antenna array using a single phase-shift circuit

A novel polarization-agile microstrip antenna array is proposed, in which the polarization agility from linear to circular polarization for the whole array is realized easily by controlling a single phase-shift circuit. Using the corner-fed square patch element, a new 16 element dual-polarized array with high isolation and low cross-polarization is designed and analyzed by the extended multiport network method. A special FET phase shifter circuit is created, where 0/spl deg/ or 90/spl deg/ phase shift between dual ports is electrically switched. Experimental results are presented to verify the theory, and measured circularly-polarized radiation patterns show a boresight axial ratio of 0.5 dB. Another experiment that connects a low noise amplifier together with the phase-shift circuit is also introduced, realizing both polarization agility and power amplification with one active circuit.     

新型四次谐波混频电路

本文介绍了一种适用于高次谐波混频的电路原理图,基于空闲频率相位抵消理论,该混频电路结构可以避免复杂的空闲频率回收电路设计,同时能获得很高的端口隔离度。基于该结构,设计了新型的Ka波段四次谐波混频器,该混频器在38.4 GHz测得最小变频损耗 8.3 dB,在34-39 GHz 变频损耗小于10.3dB, LO-IF、RF-LO、 RF-IF 端口隔离度分别优于30.7 dB、 22.9dB、46.5dB。     

Dual-polarization frequency reuse with frequency band shiftingallocation

Spectrum is a limited and precious resource in wireless communications. Effective spectrum utilization becomes more and more important because of the expeditious increase of demand for wireless communications. In principle, the dual-polarization frequency reuse system, which employs two orthogonally polarized electromagnetic waves to carry information, can double the system capacity. However, the system performance degrades seriously and sometimes becomes unacceptable due to cross polarization and fading. In this paper, a new linear-polarized dual-polarization frequency reuse system that utilizes the concept of orthogonal frequency allocation to increase spectrum utilization is proposed. We analyze the performance of the dual-polarization system modulated by the quadrature phase-shift keying in the multipath fading channel with cross-polarization interference and Doppler effect. Because of the orthogonality of the polarized carriers and frequency spacing, the effect of cross polarization, which defeats the performance of the dual-polarization system severely, can be ignored. The proposed system has a bit error rate around 10^-7 at the bit energy-to-noise ratio of 14 dB, while the bit error rates of the dual-polarization cancellation with bootstrap system and the conventional orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing system are about 10^-4     

3–10-GHz Ultra-Wideband Low-Noise Amplifier Utilizing Miller Effect and Inductive Shunt–Shunt Feedback Technique

In this paper, we demonstrate an SiGe HBT ultra-wideband (UWB) low-noise amplifier (LNA), achieved by a newly proposed methodology, which takes advantage of the Miller effect for UWB input impedance matching and the inductive shunt-shunt feedback technique for bandwidth extension by pole-zero cancellation. The SiGe UWB LNA dissipates 25.8-mW power and achieves S₁₁ below -10 dB for frequencies from 3 to 14 GHz (except for a small range from 10 to 11 GHz, which is below -9 dB), flat S₂₁ of 24.6 plusmn 1.5 dB for frequencies from 3 to 11.6 GHz, noise figure of 2.5 and 5.8 dB at 3 and 10 GHz, respectively, and good phase linearity property (group-delay variation is only plusmn28 ps across the entire band). The measured 1-dB compression point (P₁ dB) and input third-order intermodulation point are -25.5 and -17 dBm, respectively, at 5.4 GHz.     

A Ka-Band GaAs Monolithic Phase Shifter

The design and performance of a GaAs monolithic 1800 one-bit switched line phase shifter test circuit for Ka-band operation is presented. A self-aligned gate (SAG) fabrication technique is also described that reduces resistive parasitic in the switching FET's. Over the 27.5-30 GHz band, typical measured differential insertion phase is within 10-20° of the ideal time delay characteristic. Over the same band, the insertion loss for the SAG phase shifter is about 2.5-3 dB per bit. The SAG fabrication technique holds promise in reducing phase shifter insertion loss to about 1.5 dB/bit for 30-GHz operation.     

H 形缝隙耦合双极化微带天线阵设计分析

设计并仿真了一种基于H 形缝隙耦合馈电,工作在u K 波段的微带双极化天线,并进行了4 单元平面组阵。4 单元阵实现的指标：驻波小于2 的相对带宽达到8.2%,双极化端口隔离度达-32dB,交叉极化达-23.5dB,方向图前后比 达-28dB,增益达到15dB,3dB 增益带宽达23.2%,并且两种极化下天线方向图有较好的一致性。天线采用多层结构,减 小了天线尺寸,并且两组馈电在不同夹层的设计使得进一步组阵变得便利,适应了双极化合成孔径雷达及抗多径干扰高 的移动通信系统的需要。     

一种双宽带雷达散射截面减缩的超表面设计方法

超表面由于其灵活的电磁波调控能力而受到广泛关注,基于其在雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)减缩设计中受限于工作频带单一、设计通用性低的问题,文中提出一种新型的叠层型超表面设计方法,来灵活实现双宽带的RCS减缩. 首先设计了工作在两个频带且具有极化旋转特性的超表面结构及低通频率选择表面(frequency selective surface, FSS),并将其与两个极化旋转超表面相集成,形成了具有双频带极化旋转特性的超表面结构;然后基于极化相消原理,将该阵列进行旋转排布,形成2×2的阵列结构,以实现在6.6～12.7 GHz和27.8～38.1 GHz两个频带内?10 dB的RCS减缩. 对所设计的超表面结构进行实物加工,实测结果与仿真结果对比吻合良好,从而验证了双带RCS减缩的良好特性.     

基于螺纹槽结构的90°波纹喇叭性能研究

为了拓宽宽带通信天线波纹喇叭馈源的工作频带，设计了一款新型90°波纹喇叭，它的波纹槽以阿基米德螺线的轮廓向外扩展. 仿真和测试结果表明:该新型波纹喇叭最优工作带宽可达2∶1，在10~20 GHz的工作频带内，具有稳定的相位中心，其45°面最大交叉极化电平低于?25 dB；在宽频带内波束宽度保持相对恒定，且天线E面和H面辐射方向图的?10 dB波束宽度非常接近. 该新型波纹槽可以在宽频带内使得喇叭的辐射方向图更为对称，是改善波纹喇叭性能的新思路.     

SOA-Assisted Data-Polarization-Insensitive Wavelength Conversion in a PPLN Waveguide

We demonstrate a novel method of wavelength conversion in a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide using polarization modulation and amplitude modulation of its pump. Polarization-insensitive, all-optical, intensity-to-polarization conversion in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is used to reduce the waveguide's polarization sensitivity from >30 dB to <1 dB. We demonstrate BER measurements of the converted signal at 2.5 Gb/s. We also demonstrate polarization modulation of the PPLN waveguide pump using cross-polarization modulation in highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) at 10 Gb/s.     

Cuber predistortion linearizer for relay equipment in 800 MHz band land mobile telephone system

New relay equipment for a tunnel relay system used in an 800 MHz band land mobile telephone network has been developed. Significant improvements in size and power consumption have been achieved using a predistortion (PD) circuit to compensate for third-order intermodulation (IM) distortion generated in the power amplifier. This predistortion circuit features a simple configuration and easy adjustment, as well as high distortion reduction performance. The circuit configuration is derived from an analysis based on a complex power series representation of input-output nonlinearities for microwave transistor amplifiers. This analysis shows that two kinds of nonlinearities, AM-AM and AM-PM conversions, are uniquely related through the third-order distortion phase, In addition, an automatically controlled predistortion system is introduced to establish an adjustment and maintenance-free compensator. Using the developed predistortion circuit, a stable distortion reduction of more than 20 dB per 25 MHz bandwidth has been attained.     

基于六端口网络的泄漏对消拓扑结构设计

设计了一种基于六端口网络的电路拓扑结构,可用来有效地抑制泄漏信号。该六端口网络主要由3个3 dB定向耦合器和一个不等分功分器组成。在与接收天线信号对应的2个输出端口,发射天线的泄漏信号经过移相后等幅且反向,使泄漏信号相互抵消,从而显著改善雷达网络收发天线之间的隔离性能。为验证该泄漏对消技术,设计并仿真验证了一种工作于22~26 GHz的电路拓扑结构。在工作频段上,该泄漏对消电路的隔离度小于-29.5 dB,并于中心频率处达到-44 dB的最大衰减。仿真结果证明,该电路可以有效提高单天线收发系统的隔离度,改善发射端到接收端的信号泄漏问题。