Silvester Sadjina, K. Dufrêne, R. S. Kanumalli, M. Huemer, H. Pretl
{"title":"Interference mitigation in LTE-CA FDD based on mixed-signal widely linear cancellation","authors":"Silvester Sadjina, K. Dufrêne, R. S. Kanumalli, M. Huemer, H. Pretl","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405284","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a novel mixed-signal-based widely linear interference cancellation architecture for LTE carrier aggregation FDD transceivers. The system targets modulated spur interference, including main and image components and second order inter-modulation distortion. This architecture senses interference via an auxiliary analog path, and generates a reference signal for a widely linear based digital cancellation. A demonstrator, realized in 28 nm LP CMOS, is shown which is able to cancel blocker induced modulated spurs and second order inter-modulation distortion to the noise floor.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131968787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Lukin, V. Pascazio, K. Lukin, D. Tatyanko, O. Zemlyaniy
{"title":"FPGA implementation of relay-type correlator for noise radar applications","authors":"S. Lukin, V. Pascazio, K. Lukin, D. Tatyanko, O. Zemlyaniy","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405255","url":null,"abstract":"A new implementation of multiplier-less relay correlator in FPGA has been suggested and tested. The novel approach suggested enables exclusion of multipliers usage that saves FPGA resources and, hence, increases number of parallel channels in digital time integrating correlator, which, in particular, speed up target range & velocity estimation and extends Noise Radar working range. All this provides a good basis for design of a software defined Noise Radar with digital generation of radar signals and coherent processing of radar returns in real-time mode.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"1248 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132318303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experience in developing, manufacturing and measurements of LTCC leaky-wave antennas operated in millimeter waves range","authors":"P. Piasecki","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405180","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents experience in developing, manufacturing and measurements of two different leaky-wave antennas operating in D-band (125 GHz–140/145 GHz). Both antennas are manufactured using Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) technology. One of them uses a non-zero-shrinkage DuPont 9k7 and the other one zero-shrinkage ESL T1110-T green tape. Also, the article shows measurement results of both antennas and description of key aspects, which should be taken into account during sub-THz antennas developing process.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133591631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quadrature hybrid coupler with two broadside coupled microstrip-slot lines","authors":"B. Stec, M. Czyżewski","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405201","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design of a quadrature hybrid coupler, which is comprised of two broadside connected microstrip lines. The fixed coupling is obtained by a rectangular slot in the common ground plane of these lines. This simple coupler's structure enables coupling higher than 3dB in a wide frequency band. Such a coupler can be used in a lot of applications, especially in antenna beam-forming networks, measuring systems, power amplifiers and complex microwave integrated circuits (MIC's) with crosswise lines.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132186966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sungwon Hong, Jinwoo Shin, Chan-Hong Kim, H. Ko, Kichul Yoon, Jong-Myeon Kim, Jiheon Kim, Sanghyun Park, Myungsoo Chung
{"title":"A skewed-beam compensation algorithm for a full digital phased array antenna","authors":"Sungwon Hong, Jinwoo Shin, Chan-Hong Kim, H. Ko, Kichul Yoon, Jong-Myeon Kim, Jiheon Kim, Sanghyun Park, Myungsoo Chung","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405215","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a novel skewed-beam compensation algorithm for a full digital phased array antenna. When a full digital phased array antenna, which is tilted up-or down-ward, radiates a steered horizontal fan beam, the fan beam becomes skewed and needs to be compensated. The simulation results drawn by the compensation algorithm are presented for an arbitrary antenna shape that generates a horizontal fan beam pattern.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115450259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Í. Molina-Fernández, P. Reyes-Iglesias, A. O. Moñux, R. Halir, C. Alonso‐Ramos
{"title":"Monolithically integrated dual polarization sixport receiver for fiber optic coherent communications","authors":"Í. Molina-Fernández, P. Reyes-Iglesias, A. O. Moñux, R. Halir, C. Alonso‐Ramos","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405342","url":null,"abstract":"A novel dual polarization monolithically integrated six-port coherent receiver architecture is proposed and analyzed. Contrary to Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) architectures, which rely on polarization beam splitters as the main polarization management building block, our proposal completely avoids the use of such subsystems providing a completely novel solution which potentially offers relaxed fabrication tolerances.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114529016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of step recovery diode DC bias on AM/P conversion in sampling phase detectors","authors":"B. Gąsowski, S. Hanasz, K. Czuba, Ł. Zembala","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405246","url":null,"abstract":"Sampling phase detectors (SPD) are often used in PLL-based ultra-low phase noise microwave synthesizers. In most cases sampling pulses are obtained through use of a step recovery diode (SRD). However, due to principle of their operation such diodes exhibit significant AM/PM conversion. We found out that this effect can be one of the important limiting factors to achievable phase noise performance. In this paper we propose method of applying additional DC bias to the SRD which should provide some limited control over AM/PM conversion effects. We present experimental results obtained by locking 1.3 GHz dielectric-resonator oscillator (DRO) to a 100 MHz reference.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123483627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microstrip antennas based on fractal geometries for UWB application","authors":"R. Kubacki, M. Czyżewski, D. Laskowski","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405223","url":null,"abstract":"The paper proposes microstrip patch antennas based on the fractal concepts, using planar periodic geometries, which result in improved characteristics. The fractal structure properties were introduced for single-fractal layer structure as well as for the both, upper and bottom sides of the antenna. The final structure — double-fractal layers antenna has been optimized to enhance bandwidth and gain of the microstrip antenna. This combination significantly improved antenna performance, our design could support an ultra-wide bandwidth ranging from 4.1 to 19.4 GHz, demonstrated higher gain with an average value of 6 dBi over the frequency range, and a radiation capability directed in the horizontal plane of the antenna.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123645794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of residual VNA measurement errors due to imperfect Thru-Reflect-Match calibration standards","authors":"Jarosław Szatkowski, W. Wiatr","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405320","url":null,"abstract":"We report results of our detailed study on vector-network-analyzer measurement errors after the TRM (Thru-Reflect-Match) calibration performed with imperfect SMA-connectorized standards at frequencies from 0.1 to 18 GHz. These residual errors are caused by an asymmetry of a thru/line standard and a load mismatch. To remove errors of the first type, we introduce a novel simple technique of the thru/line symmetrization, which utilizes an additional measurement of the same standard, but reversely connected to the VNA ports. To extract the load mismatch errors, we apply the multiline TRL (Thru-Reflect-Line) calibration as a reference one. To this end we use three common barrels of different lengths acting after their symmetrization as transmission line standards. With the VNA calibrated using the multiline TRL method, we characterize our mismatched load and then utilize its data to our modified TRM calibration. We show that this simple and low-cost approach results in improved accuracy of the TRM calibration. This aproach may be easily applied to enhance accuracy of the industrial VNA measurements on SMA devices.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124969010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Janisz, R. Smolarz, J. Sorocki, K. Wincza, S. Gruszczynski
{"title":"Deferentially-fed band-pass filter with common mode rejection","authors":"K. Janisz, R. Smolarz, J. Sorocki, K. Wincza, S. Gruszczynski","doi":"10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405313","url":null,"abstract":"A design of bandpass filter with the utilization of balanced lines is shown. A broadside stripline technology is proposed for its physical realization. A good in-band common mode rejection is obtained due to the chosen filter topology and realization. For experimental verification a bandpass filter operating at 2.5 GHz has been manufactured and measured.","PeriodicalId":143491,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129328814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}