Affiliation
University of OxfordIssue Date
2011-09Subjects
radio-over-fibreultrawideband (UWB)
design rules
electro absorption modulator
low power dissipation
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This paper focuses on the design of Radio-over-fibre (ROF) links for ultrawideband (UWB) applications. Due to strict regulations, network architecture and technical feasibility, UWB ROF links must have 0 dB gain, low noise figure and low DC power dissipation. Due to the low power of UWB signals, pre-amplification is possible. Design rules for UWB ROF links with a pre-amplifier are presented. If followed, these rules enable design of links with a lower noise figure and power dissipation than previous design rules yield for general purpose ROF links. This is illustrated by a ROF link for UWB channel sounding that requires only 27.3% of DC power compared to a commercial link with similar gain and noise figure.Citation
Sipal, V., Edwards, D., Allen, B. (2011) 'Optimisation of low power Radio-over-fibre links for UWB systems' Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2011 IEEE International Conference on, pp.600-604, 14-16 Sept. 2011, Bologna, ItalyType
Conference papers, meetings and proceedingsLanguage
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10.1109/ICUWB.2011.6058919