High-efficiency resonant coupled wireless power transfer via tunable impedance matching

For magnetic resonant coupled wireless power transfer (WPT), the axial movement of near-field coupled coils adversely degrades the power transfer efficiency (PTE) of the system and often creates sub-resonance. This paper presents a tunable impedance matching technique based on optimum coupling tuning to enhance the efficiency of resonant coupled WPT system. The optimum power transfer model is analysed from equivalent circuit model via reflected load principle, and the adequate matching are achieved through the optimum tuning of coupling coefficients at both the transmitting and receiving end of the system. Both simulations and experiments are performed to evaluate the theoretical model of the proposed matching technique, and results in a PTE over 80% at close coil proximity without shifting the original resonant frequency. Compared to the fixed coupled WPT, the extracted efficiency shows 15.1% and 19.9% improvements at the centre-to-centre misalignment of 10 and 70 cm, respectively. Applying this technique, the extracted S₂₁ parameter shows more than 10 dB improvements at both strong and weak couplings. Through the developed model, the optimum coupling tuning also significantly improves the performance over matching techniques using frequency tracking and tunable matching circuits.     

Performance of Single and Multichannel Coherent Reception under Rician Fading

In the present work, simple closed-form series solutions for the average error rate of several coherent modulation schemes such as, binary phase shift keying (BPSK), binary frequency shift keying (BFSK), differential binary phase shift keying (DBPSK), quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), offset-QPSK, minimum shift keying (MSK), and square M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM), operating over frequency non-selective slow Rician fading channel and corrupted by additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) are derived. Further, to improve the link quality, receiver antenna space diversity is considered, where multiple independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) as well as uncorrelated signal replicas are combined before successive demodulation. The proposed linear predetection combiner follows optimum maximal ratio combining (MRC) algorithm. Starting from a novel unified expression of conditional error probability the error rates are analysed using probability density function (pdf) based approach. The derived end expressions, consisting of rapidly converging infinite series summations of Gauss hypergeometric function, are accurate, free from any numerical integration and general enough, as it encompasses as special situations, some cases of non-diversity, non-fading AWGN and Rayleigh fading. Symbol or, bit error probabilities (SEP/BEP) are graphically displayed against signal to noise ratio (SNR) per bit per channel for all the digital modulation schemes stated above with different values of diversity order L and varying values of the channel specular-to-scatter ratio or, the Rician parameter K, as found from the measured statistics of mobile and indoor wireless channels. In addition, to examine the dependence of error rate performance of M-QAM on the constellation size M, numerical results are plotted for various values of M. Selected simulation results are also provided to verify the analytical deductions. The series solutions presented in current text realize a trade-off between precision and complexity and offers valuable insight into the performance evaluation over a fading channel in a unified manner.     

A Reconfigurable Low-Noise Amplifier Using a Tunable Active Inductor for Multistandard Receivers

A reconfigurable low-noise amplifier (LNA) based on a high-value active inductor (AI) is presented in this paper. Instead of using a passive on-chip inductor, a high-value on-chip inductor with a wide tuning range is used in this circuit and results in a decrease in the physical silicon area when compared to a passive inductor-based implementation. The LNA is a common source cascade amplifier with RC feedback. A tunable active inductor is used as the amplifier output load, and for input and output impedance matching, a source follower with an RC network is used to provide a 50 Ω impedance. The amplifier circuit has been designed in 0.18 µm CMOS process and simulated using the Cadence Spectra circuit simulator. The simulation results show a reconfigurable frequency from 0.8 to 2.5 GHz, and tuning of the frequency band is achieved by using a CMOS voltage controlled variable resistor. For a selected 1.5 GHz frequency band, simulation results show S ₂₁ (Gain) of 22 dB, S ₁₁ of ?18 dB, S ₂₂ of ?16 dB, NF of 3.02 dB, and a minimum NF (NFmin) of 1.7 dB. Power dissipation is 19.6 mW using a 1.8 V dc power supply. The total LNA physical silicon area is (200×150) µm².     

Input impedance matching optimization for adaptive low-power low-noise amplifiers

Portable and implantable devices with wireless connectivity generate a high demand for low-power RF circuits. Biasing transistors in the subthreshold region allows significant reduction of power consumption, but calls for effective design techniques to minimize performance tradeoffs. This paper addresses one of the challenges associated with subthreshold RF low-noise amplifier (LNA) design: The input impedance of the ubiquitous CMOS inductor-degenerated common-source LNA operated in the subthreshold region is analyzed. By taking the increased impact of larger parasitic capacitances in the subthreshold region into account, the proposed input impedance equations provide more precise S₁₁ prediction than the conventional approximation. In addition, a tuning method for the LNA’s input impedance is presented to guarantee matching in the presence of manufacturing process variations. This tuning is implemented with a programmable capacitance to allow for digitally-assisted calibration. A 2.4 GHz LNA was designed in 0.18 μm CMOS technology and post-layout simulations were performed with device corner models across temperature and supply voltages variations. With these variations and ±15 % source/gate inductor tolerance, the simulated S₁₁ (<?16 dB) of the tunable LNA is at least 8.5 dB better than for the identical reference design without tuning, while minimally affecting other performance parameters.     

A 691 GHz sis receiver for radio astronomy

We report the development of a low noise heterodyne receiver optimized for astronomical observations in the 650 GHz atmospheric window, and specifically for the CO(J=6→5) line at 691.5 GHz. The system is based on an open structure SIS heterodyne mixer pumped by a continuously tunable solid state oscillator. A niobium SIS junction double array is placed at the end of an integrated V-Antenna. For broad band impedance matching a combination of microstrip impedance transformer and radial stub was used. Receiver noise temperatures of 550 K DSB at 684 GHz were achieved at a 1.8 K physical temperature. The performance improved substantially when decreasing the temperature from 4.2 to 1.8 K. Comparison of model calculations and Fourier transform direct detection measurements of the tuning structure implies that this effect is likely due to the coincidence of operational frequency and the gap frequency of the niobium.     

结合6-QAM和双层LDPC码的编码调制研究

针对阶数为3 ×2p的非标准调制与纠错编码难以匹配的问题,提出了一种面向6阶正交幅度调制(QAM)的双层编码调制传输方案.在发送端,采用有限域GF(2)低密度奇偶校验(LDPC)码与GF(3)LDPC码进行分层编码,并将两种编码码字映射为6进制码字后进行6-QAM调制;在接收端,根据GF(2) LDPC码和GF(3) ...     

基于电流矢量和的多模QAM直接数字调制器

 本文提出了一种新型直接数字正交幅度调制器(QAM),可用于4-QAM,16-QAM或更高阶调制方式.其基于电流矢量相加的原理,首次采用一对跨导可调的高速运算跨导放大器产生幅值可控的基本电流矢量,开关网络在电流域中选择矢量相加,减小了非线性失真.该芯片采用0.13μm CMOS工艺进行流片.在5.4GHz载波频率、16Mbps数据率时的测试结果显示,16-QAM调制的EVM为6.2%,芯片面积0.09mm²,在1.2V电源电压下总直流功耗为20mA.     

A termination scheme using intended asymmetric spatial filter response for averaging flash A/D converter

Averaging network is adopted to reduce the front-end amplifier’s offset in the flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC) commonly at the cost of the boundary threshold error. Such error worsens the integral-nonlinearity and introduces distortion. An averaging termination scheme using intended asymmetric spatial filter response is proposed to overcome this problem. It matches the impulse response window width, W _IR, to the active zero-crossing response window width, W _ZX at the boundary of network. Analysis and simulation show that by tuning the ratio between termination resistor R _T and averaging resistor R ₁, the boundary error is reduced as close as to 1%. This method provides sufficient reliability since the resistance matching can be fabricated as high as 1% in modern CMOS technology. Its feasibility for the flash ADC has been validated by a 1GS/s 4-bit flash converter.     

A code-aided carrier synchronization algorithm based on improved nonbinary low-density parity-check codes

In order to further improve the carrier synchronization estimation range and accuracy at low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), this paper proposes a code-aided carrier synchronization algorithm based on improved nonbinary low-density parity-check (NB-LDPC) codes to study the polarization-division-multiplexing coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (PDM-CO-OFDM) system performance in the cases of quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) and 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM) modes. The simulation results indicate that this algorithm can enlarge frequency and phase offset estimation ranges and enhance accuracy of the system greatly, and the bit error rate (BER) performance of the system is improved effectively compared with that of the system employing traditional NB-LDPC code-aided carrier synchronization algorithm.     

Performance analysis of spectrally encoded hybrid WDM-OCDMA network employing optical orthogonal modulation format against eavesdropper

In this paper, the spectrally encoded hybrid WDM-OCDMA network employing 60 Gbps non-return to zero/differential quadrature phase shift keying (NRZ/DQPSK) orthogonally modulated data signal operating over 100 km SMF+DCF has been proposed. In proposed hybrid WDM-OCDMA network, the orthogonal modulation formats are used to enhance per channel capacity and the spectral amplitude optical coding for enhancing the confidentiality of data from unauthorized user or eavesdropper. The impact of input power, transmission distance and energy per bit to noise power spectral density ratio (E_b/N₀) on the performance of WDM-OCDMA network in terms of output optical power, timing diagram, BER, Q-factor and probability of error free code detection has been investigated. It can also be determined that orthogonal modulation formats are promising option to increase per channel capacity as compared to conventional modulation format and these are less vulnerable to chromatic dispersion (CD) and polarization mode dispersion (PMD). Meanwhile, the performance of proposed hybrid network is compared with existing OCDMA network which show the feasibility of proposed WDM-OCDMA network in future generation optical networking.     

具有低相位偏差敏感度的异步双层QAM调制

高阶QAM(Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)调制是提高频谱效率的一个有效途径,但它对相位偏差容忍度较差.文章提出了一种异步双层QAM调制方法,可在发射端用较低的调制阶数实现和传统高阶QAM调制相当的频谱效率,并分别针对提出的异步双层QAM调制和传统QAM调制,推导了平坦瑞利块衰落信道下固定相位偏差的误符号率闭合解析表达式.理论分析与计算机仿真结果吻合,研究表明,误符号率为10^-1时,异步双层256-QAM调制在相位偏差为0.9度的误符号率性能与无相位偏差情况比较,差异仅为0.3dB;而传统高阶4096-QAM调制的差异为11dB.     

An RF electronically controlled impedance tuning network design and its application to an antenna input impedance automatic matching system

A novel design is proposed for an electronically tunable impedance unit. The prototypes include lumped elements, but no electromechanical control methods. The devices can tune many different complex impedances at minimum manufacture costs. Two antenna input impedance automatic matching systems are also presented, based on the tuning network. One includes a simplified version of the generic tuner, which can achieve good matching levels between the antenna and the power module with low losses. In a more complete version, an application specific integrated circuit control unit is developed including a complex search algorithm. In order to obtain a good matching level, both systems require a control module to select the proper tuner impedance configuration. The measurements and results of both constructed prototypes are presented. The designs were carried on terrestrial trunked radio mobile stations in the 380-400-MHz frequency band and supported high power levels (greater than 40 dBm).     

基于钛酸锶钡变容管的可调匹配网络

采用钛酸锶钡(BST)薄膜变容管作为可调电容元件,在LaAlO3基片上采用微细加工技术制备了共面波导结构的C-L-Cπ型可调匹配网络。仿真及测试结果表明,通过在BST薄膜变容管上施加直流偏置电压对BST变容管的电容进行调节,可以在740～770 MHz频率范围内,实现该匹配网络与终端负载之间良好的阻抗匹配。其中,在760 MHz时测得的匹配网络的反射系数S11达到–45.8 dB。     

Compact small signal modeling and PSO-based input matching of a packaged CMOS LNA in subthreshold region

The paper reports a small-signal model of a cascaded, packaged, CMOS low noise amplifier (LNA) operating in subthreshold region. The proposed compact model has been verified through CADENCE simulations in standard 0.18 μm process. This model also accounts for the dominating role of some of the device parasitic capacitances in determining the input impedance of the amplifier. The closed form expression of the input impedance obtained-from this model is then used for synthesizing the input matching network of the common-source LNA using standard Q-based technique. It has been noted that the conventional Q-based matching approach does not provide symmetric matching characteristics (S₁₁) about the center frequency (900 MHz). To overcome this problem, a swarm intelligence-based evolutionary technique has been adopted for synthesis of the matching network. Symmetric nature is obtained both in terms of S₁₁ as well as the real/imaginary parts of the input impedance.     

Codage pour modulation d’amplitude en quadrature à grand nombre d’états avec partition à plusieurs niveaux

We present a new multilevel coding technique for the quadrature amplitude modulation with a high number of states (64-QAM and 256-QAM). The constellation is partitioned into four subsets, two bits coded with the samebch code selecting the label of each subset. We show that our system, with a double error correctingbch code, gives better results, considering redundancy, decoding simplicity and performance, than the systems known bx now (using the Reed-Solomon code (64,62), the Lee-Nakamura and Hamming codes). Preliminary differential encoding of the two coded bits and utilisation of a transparentbch code can solve the phase ambiguity problem in a simple way.     

Bit error rate in eigenchannels of SVD-based MIMO system

In this paper, we derive the exact closed-form expressions on the bit error rate (BER) in the individual eigenchannels of the singular value decomposition (SVD)-based multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with the perfect channel state information (CSI) at both the transmitter and receiver. It is assumed that a MIMO system operates in uncorrelated Rayleigh fading environment and uses M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM and 64-QAM). The obtained results are applicable for the systems with two eigenchannels, i.e. with M transmit and 2 receive antennas or with 2 transmit and N receive antennas. Besides the exact expressions, the corresponding high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) approximations are also presented.     

Compact frequency and bandwidth tunable stopband filters using split ring resonators and varactors coupled transmission line

Two highly compact tunable stopband filters using microstrip transmission lines coupled with split ring resonators (SRRs) and varactor diodes are presented. Frequency or bandwidth tuning capability of each device is demonstrated. The frequency tunable filter, realized by a single stage, shows a wide tuning range of 19.8% with a maximum bandwidth of 5% and an insertion loss of approximately 20 dB at 4 GHz. The bandwidth tunable filter, realized by double stages, shows a 10-dB bandwidth of 19–34% with a biasing voltage of 0–10 V. The implemented frequency tuning and bandwidth tuning devices show a significant area reduction of 60.1% and 53.5%, respectively, in comparison with a similar frequency or bandwidth tunable structure presented by others. Equivalent circuit models are presented. The measured S-parameters are in good agreement with simulated ones.     

Analytical EVM, BER, and TD performances of the OFDM systems in the presence of jointly nonlinear distortion and IQ imbalance

The orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems are highly sensitive to the nonlinear distortions introduced by the high-power amplifier at the transmitter and to the in-phase and quadrature (IQ) imbalance of the down converter at the receiver. In this paper, the joint effects of these impairments on the performance of the OFDM systems with M signal points quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) are investigated. Moreover, the analytical formulations for the error vector magnitude, the bit error rate, and the total degradation performances of the M-QAM-OFDM systems in additive white Gaussian noise channels as a function of the output back off and IQ imbalance parameters are derived. The computer simulation results confirm the accuracy and validity of our proposed analytical approach.     

Proposal for sum-frequency generation based on modal phase-matching in photonic crystal fibers

In this paper, we report on a feasible phase matching between three low-order modes guided in an appropriately designed photonic crystal fiber (PCF). The phase matching condition for sum-frequency generation (SFG) can be realized over a large wavelength range by modifying the air holes size and the lattice pitch. This can be achieved in the proposed photonic crystal fiber because the sum-frequency wave propagating in a LP₀₂ mode leaks more into the low refractive index cladding than does the fundamental wave. By “feeling the cladding”, the LP₀₂ mode compensates for the increased refractive index of the silica at the sum-frequency wavelength. The numerical results show that the SFG in the proposed nonlinear PCF can be tunable, and the pump and sum-frequency waves are well-confined in the fiber core region.     

Q-based design method for impedance matching network considering load variation and frequency drift

The key step in Q-based design for T or Pi network impedance matching is selecting an appropriate Q-factor. The harmonic rejection performance of impedance matching networks is the main concern of Q selection. However, for applications wherein the impedance to be matched is variable or the frequency is drifty, it is not the harmonic rejection but the stability, which is the main performance consideration. This paper analyzes T network impedance matching. The relationship between reflection coefficient, load variation, and frequency drift is determined, which provides a reference for Q selection. The Q-based design process presented in this paper can strike a balance between stability and harmonic rejection, which can then be applied in other cases involving load variation or frequency drift.