TY - JOUR
T1 - Compact high-speed envelope detector architecture for ultra-wideband communications
AU - Granja, Angel Blanco
AU - Cimoli, Bruno
AU - Rodriguez, Sebastian
AU - Jakoby, Rolf
AU - Jensen, Jesper Bevensee
AU - Penirschke, Andreas
AU - Tafur Monroy, Idelfonso
AU - Johansen, Tom Keinicke
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This article describes a Schottky diode based envelope detector architecture able to demodulate single-ended signals adopting a single balanced configuration without the use of an external balun. The proposed architecture combines the functionality of a balun and, simultaneously, the rectification of the input signal. The dual functionality of the Schottky diodes applied, leads to a compact configuration that, according to the authors' knowledge, has not been shown before. The manufactured prototype is able to demodulate error free a 2.5 Gbps amplitude shift keying signal at 8 GHz carrier frequency, achieving a bitrate to frequency carrier ratio (b) of 31.25%.
AB - This article describes a Schottky diode based envelope detector architecture able to demodulate single-ended signals adopting a single balanced configuration without the use of an external balun. The proposed architecture combines the functionality of a balun and, simultaneously, the rectification of the input signal. The dual functionality of the Schottky diodes applied, leads to a compact configuration that, according to the authors' knowledge, has not been shown before. The manufactured prototype is able to demodulate error free a 2.5 Gbps amplitude shift keying signal at 8 GHz carrier frequency, achieving a bitrate to frequency carrier ratio (b) of 31.25%.
KW - Amplitude modulation
KW - Envelope detector
KW - Microwave detector
KW - Schottky diode
KW - Ultra-wideband
U2 - 10.1002/mop.31068
DO - 10.1002/mop.31068
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0895-2477
VL - 60
SP - 936
EP - 941
JO - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
JF - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
IS - 4
ER -