Ultra-wideband balanced schottky envelope detector for data communication with high bitrate to carrier frequency ratio

Angel Blanco Granja, Bruno Cimoli, Sebastian Rodriguez, Rolf Jakoby, Jesper Bevensee Jensen, Andreas Penirschke, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Tom Keinicke Johansen

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Abstract

This paper reports on an ultra-wideband (UWB) Schottky diode based balanced envelope detector for the L-, S-, C- and X- bands. The proposed circuit consists of a balun that splits the input signal into two 180° out of phase signals, a balanced detector, that demodulates the two signals, a low pass filter that rejects the second harmonic spurious from the Schottky diode and a bias tee that selects the optimum rectification point. The manufactured prototype is able to demodulate error free a 4 Gbps amplitude shift keying (ASK) signal at 4 GHz carrier frequency, leading to a record bitrate to frequency carrier ratio (Δb) of 100%. Besides this, the detector achieves error free demodulation for carrier frequencies between 4 and 8 GHz, while keeping the bitrate at 4 Gbps.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
Place of PublicationPiscataway
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages2052-2055
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5090-6360-4
ISBN (Print)978-1-5090-6361-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Oct 2017
Event2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) - Honolulu, United States
Duration: 4 Jun 20179 Jun 2017

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu
Period4/06/179/06/17

Keywords

  • Amplitude shift keying. Envelope detectors
  • Microwave detector
  • Schottky diode. Ultra-Wideband

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