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2011-04-16
Four-Octave Six-Port Receiver and Its Calibration for Broadband Communications and Software Defined Radios
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 116, 1-21, 2011
Abstract
This paper presents a software defined radio six-port receiver for a novel broadband mobile communications system. The prototype covers the frequency range from 0.3 GHz to 6 GHz, and operates with up to 100 MHz-wide channels. The multi-band and multi-mode demodulation capabilities of the six-port architecture have been experimentally demonstrated. The six-port receiver has been satisfactorily proved for high data rates (up to 93.75 Mb/s, limited by the available test instruments). An efficient six-port auto-calibration method suitable for large instantaneous bandwidth systems is presented and validated.
Citation
Cristina de la Morena-Álvarez-Palencia, and Mateo Burgos-Garcia, "Four-Octave Six-Port Receiver and Its Calibration for Broadband Communications and Software Defined Radios," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 116, 1-21, 2011.
doi:10.2528/PIER11030407
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