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Optimisation of low power Radio-over-fibre links for UWB systems

  • Vit Sipal
    ,
  • David J. Edwards
    ,
  • Ben Allen
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Abstract

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.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
Conference contribution
 Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Published - 24/10/2011

Publication status

Published - 24/10/2011

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., United States

ISBN (Print)

9781457717635

ISBN (Electronic)

9781457717628

Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/274560
  • Scopus: 82455210731

Host publication title

2011 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB)

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