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Design of software defined down-conversion and up-conversion: an overview

  • Carsten Maple
  • , Yue Zhang
  • , Xu Zhang
  • , Li-Ke Huang
  • , Qing Xuan

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Abstract

In recent years, much attention has been paid to software-defined radio (SDR) technologies for multimode wireless systems. SDR can be defined as a radio communication system that uses software to modulate and demodulate radio signals. This article describes concepts, theory, and design principles for SDR down-conversion and up-conversion. Design issues in SDR down-conversion are discussed, and two different architectures, super-heterodyne and direct-conversion, are proposed. Design issues in SDR up-conversion are also discussed, and trade-offs in the design of filters, mixers, NCO, DAC, and signal processing are highlighted.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10-14
JournalZTE Communications
Volume9
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2011

Keywords

  • direct-conversion

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