A MOSFET-C variable equalizer circuit with simple on-chip automatictuning

The authors report a MOSFET-C variable bump equalizer architecture in MOS technology. The architecture is CAD-compatible in that it has a fixed physical layout, yet it achieves independent and continuous programmability of the three equalizer parameters ω₀ (center frequency), BW (bandwidth), and G (gain), using DC control voltages. To compensate for process and temperature variations the equalizer is tuned using a novel and simple master-slave automatic tuning scheme based on a switched-capacitor resistor in a gain control loop. The nonideal effects of the equalizer circuit due to finite amplifier gain bandwidth are studied, and a test chip is fabricated using the MOSIS 2-μm p-well double-poly CMOS process to verify the performance. The equalizer with the automatic tuning circuit occupies 1.25 mm² and operates from ±5-V power supplies. It dissipates 60 mW and provides wide tuning ranges for ω₀, BW, and G with less than 2.8% change in ω₀ over a 40°C temperature range     

Programmable time-multiplexed switched-capacitor variable equalizerfor arbitrary frequency response realizations

A time-multiplexed digitally-programmable switched-capacitor (SC) variable equalizer which allows the realization of arbitrary frequency responses is presented. The circuit performs the same operation as a cascade of N second-order programmable equalizers, where N is also the multiplexing order. Except the storing capacitors, the rest of the circuitry is shared for all individual equalizer functions (channels), resulting in silicon area savings higher than 60% with respect to a direct circuit implementation for N=4. The impact on circuit performance of crosstalk effects is discussed. Experimental results of a 3-V timesharing SC equalizer architecture fabricated in a CMOS 1.2 μm technology are given for different values of the multiplexing order. The circuit has been designed to be incorporated in a programmable hearing aid device     

Performance evaluation of OFDM and single‐carrier systems using frequency domain equalization and phase modulation

In this paper, we study the performance of the continuous phase modulation (CPM)‐based orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CPM‐OFDM) system. Also, we propose a CPM‐based single‐carrier frequency domain equalization (CPM‐SC‐FDE) structure for broadband wireless communication systems. The proposed structure combines the advantages of the low complexity of SC‐FDE, in addition to exploiting the channel frequency diversity and the power efficiency of CPM. Both the CPM‐OFDM system and the proposed system are implemented with FDE to avoid the complexity of the equalization. Two types of frequency domain equalizers are considered and compared for performance evaluation of both systems; the zero forcing (ZF) equalizer and the minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer. Simulation experiments are performed for a variety of multipath fading channels. Simulation results show that the performance of the CPM‐based systems with multipath fading is better than their performance with single path fading. The performance over a multipath channel is at least 5 and 12 dB better than the performance over a single path channel, for the CPM‐OFDM system and the proposed CPM‐SC‐FDE system, respectively. The results also show that, when CPM is utilized in SC‐FDE systems, they can outperform CPM‐OFDM systems by about 5 dB. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Per-tone equalization for MIMO OFDM systems

This paper focuses on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems with channel order larger than the cyclic prefix (CP) length. Writing the demodulating fast Fourier transform (FFT) as a sliding FFT followed by a downsampling operation, we show in this paper that by swapping the filtering operations of the MIMO channel and the sliding FFT, the data model for the temporally smoothened received signal of each individual tone of the MIMO OFDM system is very similar to the data model for the temporally smoothened received signal of a MIMO single-carrier (SC) system. As a result, to recover the data symbol vectors, the conventional equalization approach for MIMO SC systems can be applied to each individual tone of the MIMO OFDM system. This so-called per-tone equalization (PTEQ) approach for MIMO OFDM systems is an attractive alternative to the recently developed time-domain equalization (TEQ) approach for MIMO OFDM systems. In the second part of this paper, we focus on direct per-tone equalizer design and adapt an existing semi-blind equalizer design method for space-time block coding (STBC) SC systems to the corresponding semi-blind per-tone equalizer design method for STBC OFDM systems.     

Iterative nonlinear detection for SFBC SC–FDMA uplink MIMO transmission systems

Single‐carrier frequency division multiple access (SC‐FDMA) systems with space frequency block coding (SFBC) transmissions achieve both spatial and frequency diversity gains in wireless communications. However, SFBC SC‐FDMA schemes using linear detectors suffer from severe performance deterioration because of noise enhancement propagation and additive noise presence in the detected output. Both issues are similar to inter‐symbol‐interference (ISI). Traditionally, SC‐FDMA system decision feedback equalizer (DFE) is often used to eliminate ISI caused by multipath propagation. This article proposes frequency domain turbo equalization based on nonlinear multiuser detection for uplink SFBC SC‐FDMA transmission systems. The presented iterative receiver performs equalization with soft decisions feedback for ISI mitigation. Its coefficients are derived using minimum mean squared error criteria. The receiver configuration study is Alamouti's SFBC with two transmit and two receive antennas. New receiver approach is compared with the recently proposed suboptimal linear detector for SFBC SC‐FDMA systems. Simulation results confirm that the performance of the proposed iterative detection outperforms conventional detection techniques. After a few iterations, bit‐error‐rate performance of the proposed receiver design is closely to the matched filter bound. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

时域自适应均衡技术的分析与应用

概述了频率选择性衰落信道的传输特性,论述了采用均衡技术的必要性。通过对各种均衡器结构和自适应均衡算法在抵抗符号间干扰能力、收敛速度以及运算复杂度等方面的分析与比较,选择了判决反馈作为均衡器结构、最小均方自适应算法作为自适应准则的均衡器方案。仿真及试验结果证实了设计的时域自适应均衡器不仅具有较强的抵抗符号间干扰能力,而且能够获得隐分集增益,在频率选择性衰落信道中具有良好的应用效果。     

宽带毫米波功率模块驱动技术

设计了一个毫米波频段的宽带功率均衡器与固态功率驱动模块。通过对用于驱动模块的功率均衡器进行改进,提出了一种新型的微带阶梯阻抗谐振线的功率均衡器结构,这种结构频带宽,驻波好,结构紧凑。为了验证其性能,加工实物并进行测试,测试结果表明,均衡器在32 GHz~40 GHz宽带频段,其最小插入损耗小于3.3 dB,回波损耗优于13 dB,均衡量9 dB。固态功率驱动模块采用2级放大器,且均衡器后置,布局合理。测试结果表明,在32 GHz~40 GHz,功率均衡精确度优于2 dB,输出功率更为准确,实现了固态驱动模块的小型化设计。     

一种快变信道中的正交频分复用系统均衡算法

当信道参数随时间的快速变化时,正交频分复用通信系统(OFDM)子载波间的正交性遭到破坏,出现了载波间的相互干扰(ICI),传统的单抽头频域均衡不再适用。虽然可采用最小均方误差(MMSE)均衡来补偿信道失真,但其计算量太大。为此,常用的方法是:先对接收信号进行ICI消除,恢复载波间的正交性,然后再进行单抽头频域或均衡。现有文献对ICI的分析均在频域进行,在此基础上提出的ICI消除与均衡算法存在计算量大或频谱利用率低的缺点。本文对ICI的产生机理和性质进行了时域和频域两方面的分析,利用现有OFDM标准中的空闲子载波信息,提出了一种ICI消除与均衡算法。理论分析和计算机仿真结果表明:该算法具有ICI消除效果好、计算量小和频谱利用率高等优点。     

无线通信中消除码间干扰的研究

介绍了码间干扰以及消除码间干扰常用的三种方法.并从理论上比较了三种方法的性能,为了测试验证单载波频域均衡系统的性能,搭建了仿真系统进行了计算机仿真模拟.其仿真结果表明:与时域均衡相比较,频域均衡能有效提高均衡器的收敛速度和显著改善均衡器消除符号间干扰(ISI)的性能.     

IF Variable Equalizers for FM Microwave Radio Links

The circuit configuration, operational principles, and some test data on three new types of equalizers applicable for use in FM microwave radio links are described. The equalizers are namely of the reflection type, frequency converter type, and AM-PM conversion type. The reflection type delay equalizer permits variation of relative delay time while keeping the absolute delay time constant at the center frequency or permits variation of absolute delay time while keeping the relative delay time constant. The frequency converter type equalizer adopts a principle whereby variation in local frequency (supplied to the frequency converter) facilitates continuous variation of the relative delay time, absolute delay time, and amplitude frequency response. The AM-PM conversion type differential gain equalizer enables equalization of differential gain through the combined use of the AM-PM converter circuit and the delay circuit.     

New Combining Scheme in STBC Single Carrier Block Transmission System

A new diversity combining algorithm is presented in this paper with high performance in the STBC single carrier (SC) block transmission MISO system with two transmit antennas and one receive antenna. The decision on the transmitted signal is made by STBC-based SC frequency domain equalizer (STBC-SC-FDE), and then the line of sight (LOS) component under Rician fading channels or the component with highest power under Rayleigh fading channels in the received signal is obtained by cancelling the multipath signals reconstructed by the initial detecting solution and the channel impulse response (CIR) from the received signal. Then, the LOS or the strongest component is combined using STBC-like combining scheme. The new algorithm can achieve the performance advantages dramatically over STBC-SC-FDE which is verified by computer simulations carried out in the SUI-4 and TU wireless communication link.     

语音频率均衡在耳鸣康复仪中的应用

以人耳等响曲线为依据,结合电声转换的原理,设计了一种语音频率均衡电路。该均衡器由多级数字电位器组成,对输出信号的幅度进行自适应调整,从而实现了各频率点声音响度的精确可控输出。临床试验表明,耳鸣康复仪中嵌入频率均衡器扩展了它的使用范围,改善了耳鸣治疗的效果。     

High-speed CMOS continuous-time complex graphic equalizer formagnetic recording

A high-speed continuous-time CMOS analog adaptive equalizer for use in magnetic recording read channels is presented. The equalizer is implemented as the summation of several bandpass filters covering different frequency bands as in a graphic equalizer. The outputs from each filter are weighted by a complex coefficient and summed, which results in a linear combiner structure guaranteed to converge under least mean square (LMS) adaptation. System-level simulations of our “complex graphic equalizer (CGE)” show that its performance is comparable to that of a ten-tap finite impulse response (FIR) equalizer following a fourth-order low-pass filter when tested with two different sequence detectors: EPR4-MLSD and fixed delay tree search with decision feedback (FDTS/DF). A five-band tunable CGE has been fabricated using a 0.8-μm CMOS technology. The highest band of the fabricated CGE was centered at 80 MHz (corresponding to channel data rate of about 200 Msymbols/s). Measured dynamic range was 68 dB, and measured total harmonic distortion was only -75 dB while consuming 97 mW at 3.3 V. The measured CGE performance agreed within 0.2 dB with the simulation results for an FDTS/DF system with an ideal CGE operating at 2.5 user bits/PW50     

Design of a transversal equalizer for electronic dispersion compensation in optical communication links

A programmable transversal equalizer for electronic dispersion compensation(EDC) in optical fiber communication systems is developed.Based on the SiGe technology with a cut-off frequency of 80 GHz,the equalizer consists of 6 seriesparallel amplifiers as delay units and 7 Gilbert variable gain amplifiers as taps,which ensure that the equalizer can work at the bit rate of 10 Gb/s.With different tap gains,the forward voltage gain of the transversal equalizer varies,which demonstrates that the equalizer has various filtering characteristics such as low pass filtering,band pass filtering,band reject filtering,and notch filtering,so it can effectively simulate the inverse transfer function of dispersive channels in optical communications,and can be used for compensating the inter-symbol interference and other nonlinear problems caused by dispersion.The equalizer(including pads) occupies an area of 0.40 mm × 1.08 mm,and its total power dissipation is 400 mW with 3.3 V power supply.     

Equalization in coherent lightwave systems using a fractionallyspaced equalizer

The performance of a fractionally spaced analog tapped delay line equalizer that has the advantages of being adaptive, being capable of equalizing other linear distortions such as polarization dispersion and nonideal receiver response, and eliminating chromatic dispersion over any distance if a sufficient number of taps are used is discussed. It is shown how this equalizer can be implemented at intermediate frequency and at baseband (for homodyne detection). Results show that an N-tap equalizer increases the maximum bit rate distance approximately (N-1)/twofold (e.g. a threefold increase in distance with a seven-tap equalizer)     

双模方形谐振腔增益均衡器的设计与实现

针对均衡器小型化、高Q值的应用需求,提出并设计了一个工作在Ku波段的双模方形基片集成波导谐振腔均衡器.设计了两个正交的耦合缝隙,在谐振腔中激励起简并模TE₂₀₁和TE₁₀₂;使用金属柱微扰其中一个模式,实现独立调节该模式的谐振频率,并且频率调节自由度高;研究了薄膜电阻的加载位置,实现独立调节两个模式的衰减量和Q值;分析了双模谐振腔级联后谐振频率偏移量及可调性,给出了双模谐振腔均衡器的分析和设计方法.相比于传统单模谐振腔均衡器,该结构均衡器保持了原有的工作性能,并减少了一半数量的谐振腔,使得结构更加紧凑.测试结果与仿真结果吻合,最大误差0.4dB.     

An adaptive algorithm for differentially coherent detection in the presence of intersymbol interference

An adaptive equalization method is proposed for use with differentially coherent detection of M-ary differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) signals in the presence of unknown carrier frequency offset. A decision-feedback or a linear equalizer is employed, followed by the differentially coherent detector. The equalizer coefficients are adjusted to minimize the post-detection mean squared error. The error, which is a quadratic function of the equalizer vector, is used to design an adaptive algorithm of stochastic gradient type. The approach differs from those proposed previously, which linearize the post-detection error to enable the use of least mean squares (LMS) or recursive least squares (RLS) adaptive equalizers. The proposed quadratic-error (Q) algorithm has complexity comparable to that of LMS, and equal convergence speed. Simulation results demonstrate performance improvement over methods based on linearized-error (L) algorithm. The main advantages of the technique proposed are its simplicity of implementation and robustness to carrier frequency offset, which is maintained for varying modulation level.     

直接检测的光正交频分复用传输系统最小均方自适应算法

为了减少直接检测的光正交频分复用(DD-OOFDM)传输系统中色散对系统的影响,传输系统使用了基于频域的最小均方(LMS)自适应均衡技术,由于基于频域的LMS估计方法计算复杂度低且便于信号块处理,相比最小平方(LS)估计方法,可更有效地追踪信道变化,减小相位噪声对传输系统的影响。实验结果表明,经背靠背(BTB)和100km标准单模光纤(SSMF)传输后,使用频域LMS估计方法的信号比使用频域LS估计方法的信号系统接收功率代价在误码率为10×10-2.5和10×10-2.0时分别降低了2dB及2.5dB,频域LMS估计方法比频域LS估计方法对传输系统具有更好的色散补偿效果。     

带有循环前缀的单载波通信系统中干扰抵消辅助的频域均衡技术

在单载波通信系统中,循环前缀(简称CP)的存在不仅能减轻由于多径信道造成的传输数据块间信号干扰(简称IBI),而且可以采用频域均衡(简称FDE)技术来补偿由多径信道引起的频率选择性信号衰落.本文主要分析了带有循环前缀的单载波通信系统(简称CP-SC)中广泛应用的基于线性最小均方误差(简称LMMSE)准则的FDE技术中的残余信号间干扰(RISI)问题,提出了一种干扰抵消辅助的LMMSE-FDE接收机结构,它能很好的消除RISI,改善系统性能.     

Static and Dynamic Equalization of the L5 Repeatered Line

The residual transmission deviation of the L5 repeatered line can be divided into two categories, static or time invariant and dynamic or time variant. The static deviation, which is due to design limitations and manufacturing deviations of the basic and regulating repeaters, is compensated for by manually adjustable equalizers designatedE1andE2. These equalizers are composed of 28 Bode bump networks whose gains are adjusted to minimize the total mean-squared error of the transmission channel. The residual dynamic transmission deviation, caused by temperature variations of the basic and regulating repeaters, is corrected continuously by an automatic equalizerE3. The time-varying transmission deviations are detected by four pilot tones spaced across the L5 frequency spectrum. Four electronically controlled networks in the equalizer respond to the pilots to correct the dynamic transmission deviations.