Synchronous amplitude and time control for an optimum dynamic range variable photonic delay line

A synchronous-amplitude-controlled and time-delay-controlled photonic controller for phased-array antenna applications is proposed and demonstrated. Amplitude control is based on a variable optical attenuator system that operates in synchronism with the photonic delay line (PDL). This amplitude control system can provide both the signal calibration for the different PDL channels and settings required for driving the antenna elements of a phased-array radar and the optimum optical power levels that impinge on the photodetector for optimum fiber-optic-link performance. Various variable amplitude control modules based on ferroelectric liquid crystals, polymer-dispersed liquid crystals, and photoconductive devices are proposed. We show that the dynamic range loss due to a switched-PDL inherent structure loss can be compensated when we control the optical power from the laser, using the synchronous optical attenuation system. For the first time to our knowledge, full dynamic range loss compensation is demonstrated for an external-modulation-fed 3-bit switched PDL with a structure optical insertion loss of 5.5 dB. A compression dynamic range of 158 dB.Hz was measured at 6 GHz, and a spurious free dynamic range of 111 dB.Hz(2/3) was estimated. Feasibility of the dynamic range compensation technique for multichannel, higher-insertion-loss PDL systems is discussed.     

通用型高频宽带ADCP信号处理系统设计与实现

文章介绍了一种高频采集、数字解调滤波的通用型高频宽带声学多普勒流速剖面仪(Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers,ADCP)信号处理系统的设计和实现过程。该系统以现场可编程逻辑门阵列(Field Programmable Gate Array,FPGA)+数字信号处理器(Digital Signal Processor,DSP)+低功耗单片机(Mixed Signal Processor 430,MSP430)为架构平台,利用三者在信号处理领域的不同优势,采用软硬件协同设计的方式,解决了高频ADCP高采样率、高数据处理能力及低功耗的应用需求,在保证数据处理速度的基础上实现了相位的严格正交,且通过参数化配置实现了多频段、多功能的通用性设计,可适用于不同频段的走航式及自容式ADCP中。经湖上试验验证,该系统测速精度高,性能稳定可靠,达到了预期的设计指标。该系统的软硬件划分方式对其他高频海洋设备的研制具有一定的参考价值。     

Multiple delay line shaping: a new class of weighting functions suitable for digital signal processing

We introduce a whole class of weighting functions, that can be implemented with an analog prefilter, an analog-to-digital converter and a FIR or IIR digital filter. These weighting functions feature a finite duration and can have a flat top within less than 1%. General rules are given about the design of such general class of filters. The shape of the obtained weighting function is strictly related to the chosen prefilter, and its duration may be effectively shrinked by the digital processing. However the number of samples required in order to keep a finite duration of the weighting function is shown to increase with the complexity of the prefilter. The developed class of weighting functions can be alternatively implemented with analog delay lines or switched-capacitor filters.     

Sensitive ultrasonic delineation of steroid treatment in living dystrophic mice with energy-based and entropy-based radio frequency signal processing

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe wasting disease, involving replacement of necrotic muscle tissue by fibrous material and fatty infiltrates. One primary animal model of this human disease is the X chromosome-linked mdx strain of mice. The goals of the present work were to validate and quantify the capability of both energy and entropy metrics of radio-frequency ultrasonic backscatter to differentiate among normal, dystrophic, and steroid-treated skeletal muscle in the mdx model. Thirteen 12-month-old mice were blocked into three groups: 4 treated mdx-dystrophic that received daily subcutaneous steroid (prednisolone) treatment for 14 days, 4 positive-control mdx-dystrophic that received saline injections for 14 days, and 5 negative-control animals. Biceps muscle of each animal was imaged in vivo using a 40-MHz center frequency transducer in conjunction with a Vevo-660 ultrasound system. Radio-frequency data were acquired (1 GHz, 8 bits) corresponding to a sequence of transverse images, advancing the transducer from "shoulder" to "elbow" in 100-micron steps. Data were processed to generate both "integrated backscatter" (log energy), and "entropy" (information theoretic receiver, H_f) representations. Analyses of the integrated-backscatter values delineated both treated-and untreated-mdx biceps from normal controls (p<0.01). Complementary analyses of the entropy images differentiated the steroid-treated and positive-control mdx groups (p<0.01). To our knowledge, this study represents the first reported use of quantitative ultrasonic characterization of skeletal muscle in mdx mice. Successful differentiation among dystrophic, steroid-treated, and normal tissues suggests the potential for local noninvasive monitoring of disease severity and therapeutic effects.     

Demonstration of an all-digital 7-bit 33-channel photonic delay line for phased-array radars

A 7-bit multichannel photonic delay line for phased-array antenna control is demonstrated. Multichannel (33-pixel) ferroelectric liquid-crystal (FLC) devices are used as polarization rotation elements, and polarization beam-splitter cubes are used as polarization elements that route the optical signals to different paths. The controller is remotely fed by a unique fiber-optic-array design that uses gradient-index lens collimators for the input single-mode polarization-maintaining fibers. The optical signal is collected by a similar fiber array that uses multimode fibers for improved coupling efficiency. Photonic delay-line (PDL) design issues such as multiport assemblies, multipixel FLC designs, and delay-line architectures are discussed. Furthermore, various PDL parameters are examined. High electrical isolation numbers are obtained for both the within-channel leakage noise (e.g., less than -70 dB) and the interchannel cross talk (e.g., less than -90 dB). Optical and electrical insertion loss is examined for the PDL as well as for the overall system. A high-compression dynamic range of 149 dB . Hz and a spurious free dynamic range of 105 dB . Hz(2/3) are presented.     

雷达调频编码脉冲信号的设计与处理

现代雷达为获得较高的距离分辨力通常采用编码频率脉冲串信号和步进频率脉冲串信号,但都存在数据率低和较为严重的距离-多普勒耦合问题。在研究这两种信号特点的基础上,提出了调频编码脉冲信号形式并给出了相应的信号处理方法。经仿真对比可见,该信号形式及其处理方法能同时解决步进调频信号高距离-多普勒耦合、低数据率两大问题,具有较好的联合分辨力。     

Low-loss, silicon integrated, aluminum nitride photonic circuits and their use for electro-optic signal processing

Photonic miniaturization requires seamless integration of linear and nonlinear optical components to achieve passive and active functions simultaneously. Among the available material systems, silicon photonics holds immense promise for optical signal processing and on-chip optical networks. However, silicon is limited to wavelengths above 1.1 μm and does not provide the desired lowest order optical nonlinearity for active signal processing. Here we report the integration of aluminum nitride (AlN) films on silicon substrates to bring active functionalities to chip-scale photonics. Using CMOS-compatible sputtered thin films we fabricate AlN-on-insulator waveguides that exhibit low propagation loss (0.6 dB/cm). Exploiting AlN's inherent Pockels effect we demonstrate electro-optic modulation up to 4.5 Gb/s with very low energy consumption (down to 10 fJ/bit). The ultrawide transparency window of AlN devices also enables high speed modulation at visible wavelengths. Our low cost, wideband, carrier-free photonic circuits hold promise for ultralow power and high-speed signal processing at the microprocessor chip level.     

Increasing the interference immunity of broadband systems for measuring and transmitting information by utilizing nonlinear signal processing methods

A method is considered for increasing the immunity from interference of broadband systems for measuring and transmitting information. It is based on utilizing nonlinear methods to process spread-spectrum signals. The possibility is investigated of using a quasioptimal receiving device which can be implemented in practice. It is shown that the proposed method makes it possible to solve the rejection problem at the physical level. Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 11, pp. 13–15, November, 1996.     

利用射频信号解卷积估计组织和血流运动速度

基于射频信号解卷积,提出了一种无需MTI（Moving Target Indicator）滤波重建血流及组织运动速度的方法。对射频回波的采样序列进行快速傅里叶变换,在频域对相邻两次射频回波的频谱作解卷积处理,通过分析解卷后的数值序列得到组织和血流各自的运动速度。仿真实验对两组典型的时延参数的超声回波信号进行了血流和组织速度的估算,并与给定值比较,证明了方法的有效。该方法有助提高超声血流成像系统对低速血流的测量精度。     

Radio frequency photonic filter for highly resolved and ultrafast information extraction

We present a method and devices for highly resolved carrier and information extraction of optically modulated radar signals. The extraction is done by passing the optical beam through a monitoring path that constitutes a finite impulse response filter. Replications of the monitoring signal realize the required spectral scan of the filter. Despite the fact that the filter configuration is fixed, each replication experiences different spectral filtering. The radar carrier is detected by observing the energy fluctuations in a low-rate output detector. The RF information is extracted by positioning a low-rate tunable filter at the detected carrier frequency.     

Algorithms of the functioning and structure of a system for processing signals for a positioning system when there is multipath radio signal propagation

An algorithm for processing signals in a multiposition positioning system when there is multipath propagation, that is simpler compared with the existing optimal algorithm, is considered, based on the use of signal signatures. The proposed version is developed, taking into account the fundamental principles on which the optimal processing algorithm is based.     

Low-power and high-quality Cordic-based Loeffler DCT for signal processing

A computationally efficient and high-quality preserving discrete cosine transform (DCT) architecture is presented. It is obtained by optimising the Loeffler DCT based on the coordinate rotation digital computer (Cordic) algorithm. The computational complexity is reduced significantly from 11 multiply and 29 add operations (Loeffler DCT) to 38 add and 16 shift operations (i.e. similar to the complexity of the binDCT) without losing quality. After synthesising with TSMC 0.13-mum technology library, Synopsys PrimePower was used to estimate the power consumption at gate-level. The experimental results show that the proposed 8-point one-dimensional DCT architecture only consumes 19% of the area and about 16% of the power of the original Loeffler DCT. Moreover, it also retains the good transformation quality of the original Loeffler DCT. In this regard, the proposed Cordic-based Loeffler DCT is very suitable for low-power and high-quality encoder/decoders (codecs) used in battery-based systems.     

Five-beam interference pattern controlled through phases and wave vectors for diamondlike photonic crystals

We demonstrate, for what is believed to be the first time, the design of diamondlike photonic crystals made by holographic lithography based on five-beam interference. All five beams are launched from the same half-space, and the exposure can easily be realized by a single diffractive optical element. The photonic structure can be constructed through the translation of the interference pattern controlled by the phase shift of laser beams. The proposed holographic lithography is capable of creating series photonic crystals with large photonic bandgaps by adjusting the phase and the wave vector of interfering beams.     

Narrow-band variable center frequency single-loop and multistagesigma-delta modulators for bandpass signals

Oversampled narrow-band single-loop and multistage resonator-based bandpass sigma-delta (Σ-Δ) modulators that can accommodate different passband center to sampling frequency ratios are reported. These tunable bandpass configurations are designed by analytically determining and subsequently verifying through detailed empirical simulations the required compensation hardware to deliver enhanced noise-shaping. It is demonstrated that comparatively superior in-band signal-to-noise ratios and dynamic ranges are attributed to the inclusion of appropriate digital feedforward and feedback compensators within these structures     

二元并行CdZnTe探测器读出电路及信号处理方法

本文为CdznTe(CZT)二元并行探测器设计并制作了信号处理系统电路,包括前置放大电路,差分放大电路,极零相消电路,滤波成形电路,微调电路和基线恢复电路和加和电路.137Cs(662keV)辐射下的信号,经过差分放大,极零相消和滤波成形电路的输出,信号持续时间在10μs内,幅度为260mV,两路信号相加后信噪比大于15:1.能谱测试初步结果表明:采用这个信号处理系统,二元CZT并行探测器对137Cs(662keV)源的探测效率分别是单元器件的1.74和2.2倍,能量分辨率接近于单元器件.     

Wigner-related phase spaces for signal processing and their optical implementation

Phase spaces are different ways to represent signals. Owing to their properties, they are often used for signal compression and recognition with high discrimination abilities. We present several recently introduced Wigner-related sets of representations that have improved signal processing performance, and we introduce an optical implementation. This study deals with the generalized Wigner spaces, the fractional Fourier transform, and the x-p and the r-p representations. The optical implementations are demonstrated and discussed.     

Coherence-multiplexed acousto-optic correlator for signal processing: theory and applications

A method of multichannel processing to compute correlation products simultaneously is introduced. The signals that process are encoded on a single light beam through the use of an electro-optic modulators that induce optical delays greater than the coherence length of light. The coherence-modulated light beam thus obtained is then spatially and temporally modulated through an acousto-optic Bragg cell. The potential number of channels is estimated to be approximately 5-10. The method can be combined with other existing systems, such as time-, space-, or frequency-multiplexed correlators, to increase the channel number. The method also applies to high-resolution spectral analysis.