Function and sensitivity of signal processing systems based on addition followed by limiting |
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Authors: | Johnson E. Sargent E.H. |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont.; |
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Abstract: | We show for the first time that signal processing schemes based on noncoherent signal addition will require signal transfer characteristics exhibiting high degrees of curvature. We quantify this by proposing a set of single-input, dual-output, power-conserving transfer functions and generating designs based on these characteristics. We then analyze the sensitivity of such a design scheme to nonidealities in the signal level and device behavior, and show that a sampling operation is only possible for transfer characteristics with residual "low" output of less than about 10% and low intensity reflectivity higher than 98%. For single device signal loss of up to 0.1 dB, we show that the best possible crosstalk-to-noise ratio in a packet forwarder (27 dB), is limited by the availability of the sampling operation. |
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