{"title":"Ceramic packaging technologies for microwave applications","authors":"O. Salmela, P. Ikalainen","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622270","url":null,"abstract":"Laminated ceramic packaging technologies, such as high temperature cofired ceramics (HTCC) and low temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC), are a low-cost alternative for metallic packages in high reliability applications in the microwave frequency region. As in metallic packages the main concern-from an electrical performance point of view-is the resonances in cavities; in ceramic packages isolation also has to be considered. Typically good isolation has been accomplished with the use of vias in strategic regions, such as around chip cavities and between neighbouring signal lines. In this paper, the key features of laminated ceramic packaging technologies are presented with some 3-D electromagnetic simulation results concerning isolation.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121832276","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":"New approach for finding DOA in array antennas using cyclostationarity","authors":"H. Tsuji, J. Xin, S. Yoshimoto, A. Sano","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622250","url":null,"abstract":"A new approach is presented for estimating the directions of arrival (DOA) of desired signals in array antennas using cyclostationarity. The new algorithm can correctly estimate the DOA of desired signals by suppressing undesired signals. We apply the outputs of antenna sensors to the linear prediction model and calculate the cyclic correlation to utilize the cyclostationarity of the desired signals. We also evaluate the error of the estimate of the cyclic correlation function in the linear prediction model and correctly estimate the DOA of the desired signals. Furthermore, we take advantage of the signal selective DOA estimation to give the scheme of an adaptive beamforming. We compare our results with the results of conventional approaches in the presence of interference and at low signal to noise ratios (SNR). Numerical examples are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120947040","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":"Broadband, reduced-size monopoles for wireless data communications","authors":"J. Mclean, G. Crook","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622282","url":null,"abstract":"Two new compact, monopole antennas for wireless communications have been developed. The first is a reduced-size, double-tuned monopole antenna. By displacing the feed point of the monopole to the top of the stem, it is possible to incorporate impedance transforming and stub tuning elements directly into the antenna structure, thus providing a reduced-size, double-tuned antenna. The double-tuning improves the in-band return loss of the antenna as well as the out-of-band rejection. The second antenna is derived from a dielectric-loaded, partially-folded, bowtie antenna. This antenna exhibits very broad impedance bandwidth with excellent return loss and passband shape. The antenna is 6.93 cm high and exhibits greater than 10 dB return loss over the frequency range of 750 MHz to 1250 MHz thus covering the AMPS, 915 MHz ISM, and European 900 MHz GSM bands. The antenna is intended for use with multi-function handheld data terminals. Details of the both monopole designs as well as experimentally-determined input return loss data are presented.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123217425","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":"A simple solution for high speed wireless LAN: active fading and PSK-RZ","authors":"T. Takeuchi, T. Tanaka","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622278","url":null,"abstract":"A wireless local area network (WLAN) encounters a severe performance degradation due to frequency selective multipath fading when increasing the access bit rate. This paper proposes a simple solution for increasing an access bit rate in WLAN by using PSK-RZ (PSK-return to zero) and active fading, an artificial frequency selective fading. A computer simulation result based on the simulated indoor multipath delay profile assuming ray-theoretical waves shows the possibility of achieving an access bit rate of more than 10 Mb/s.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126604461","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}
Z. Bardai, A. Kurdoghlian, C. Chang, C. Pao, M. Cole, R. Wang, G. Luong, P. Chu, L. Hou
{"title":"Affordable MMIC technology trade offs for millimeter-wave communications-a matter of choice","authors":"Z. Bardai, A. Kurdoghlian, C. Chang, C. Pao, M. Cole, R. Wang, G. Luong, P. Chu, L. Hou","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622241","url":null,"abstract":"In the past, millimeter-wave technology applications have been dominated by high-end military sensor and communications applications where cost, though important, was not the primary consideration. The same performance characteristics that made millimeter-wave frequencies attractive for military applications have fueled the current growth in the 23 GHz and 38 GHz frequency bands for wireless point-to-point communications. We, like other MMW component suppliers, have had to go through a paradigm shift in our approach to this market. The key focus here is on cost and schedule. Performance requirements are defined in terms of minimum specifications and the customer has little interest and motivation in higher price/cost for products that exceed required performance levels. This paper discusses the technology/cost tradeoffs carried out at Hughes to achieve affordable MMIC chip sets in production.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124672373","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}
D. Benson, Y. Xuan, J. He, Chang-Ming Lin, C.R. Hodges, E. A. Logan, T. Schaefer, B. Gilbert
{"title":"Integrated passive components for RF applications","authors":"D. Benson, Y. Xuan, J. He, Chang-Ming Lin, C.R. Hodges, E. A. Logan, T. Schaefer, B. Gilbert","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622273","url":null,"abstract":"Integrated passive circuits consisting of precision thin film capacitors, resistors, and inductors optimized for RF applications have been successfully manufactured and characterized over the frequency range 50 MHz to 5 GHz. In the process of doing so, advances were made in a number of areas, including selection of substrate material for RF performance, thin film processing, simulation, and measurement techniques.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126785521","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}
R. Dalke, R. Achatz, Y. Lo, P. Papazian, G. Hufford
{"title":"Measurement and analysis of man-made noise in VHF and UHF bands","authors":"R. Dalke, R. Achatz, Y. Lo, P. Papazian, G. Hufford","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622284","url":null,"abstract":"The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences measured man-made noise in portions of the VHF and UHF bands. This paper provides an overview of the measurement and analysis methods used and examples of the results. The VHF measurements were made as part of a link analysis for the broadcast of digital satellite weather images at 137 MHz. The motivation for these measurements was that published man-made noise statistics are probably outdated because they are based on noise measurements made over two decades ago. Since that time, technological advances have changed man-made noise emissions. For example, automotive emissions have been reduced, while emissions from other sources such as unregulated electronic devices (e.g., computers and microwave ovens) and other electrical equipment such as electric motors have probably increased significantly. In addition to the VHF measurement results, we present an example of measured noise statistics at 2460 MHz. At this frequency, the dominant noise sources are thought to be microwave ovens. The data we obtained show that there are significant changes in the character of man-made noise which should be considered in the design and implementation of radio systems. Also, additional measurements are necessary to characterize adequately VHF and UHF man-made noise in high technology environments such as modern urban and suburban areas.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126998105","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":"Modeling and simulation of a OFDM radio link","authors":"R. Achatz","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622285","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes how a fixed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) radio link operating in a frequency-selective channel has been modeled in a software simulation environment. This model will allow communications engineers to optimize OFDM radio link parameters. The following model parameters are adjustable: (1) number of bits per symbol; (2) number of symbols per OFDM block; (3) number of guard samples; (4) number of virtual carriers; (5) square root raised cosine excess bandwidth; (6) multipath amplitude, phase, and delay; (7) frequency shift; and (8) amplifier backoff. Example results showing OFDM radio link performance in a two-ray multipath channel are discussed.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128076073","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":"The performance of the united demodulator of MLSE and Viterbi decoder with interleaving (UDMVI)","authors":"M. Uesugi, Osamu Kato, K. Homma","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622248","url":null,"abstract":"Many techniques are introduced for mobile communication. In order to compensate the effect of multipath fading and improve the BER performance, equalization and forward error correction (FEC) are used. MLSE is a kind of equalizer and it shows good performance. The combination of a convolutional coder and a Viterbi decoder with soft decision is a kind of FEC and it also shows good performance. However, they conventionally work separately. We proposed UDMV (united demodulator of MLSE and Viterbi decoder). The states of the Viterbi algorithm for UDMV is given as a sequence of information bits, while that for MLSE is given as a sequence of coded data. We also applied interleaving to UDMV. It is called UDMVI (UDMV with interleaving). UDMVI can improve 1.0 dB of Eb/No at a BER of 0.1% compared with CMSDI (MLSE and soft decision Viterbi decoder with interleaving). Furthermore, we improved the performance of UDMVI under the condition that no delay paths exist using a transmission technique. We called the technique ADPG (adaptive delay path generation). When ADPG is introduced, UDMVI can show its ability exhaustively in all conditions. ADPG with 2 branches improves 2.5 dB and ADPG with 3 branches improves 3.0 dB of Eb/No at a BER of 0.1% on I path static channel respectively.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125446568","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":"Effective evaluation of link quality using error vector magnitude techniques","authors":"R. Hassun, M. Flaherty, R. Matreci, M. Taylor","doi":"10.1109/WCC.1997.622254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WCC.1997.622254","url":null,"abstract":"Bit error rate (BER) is an accepted figure of merit in the industry for the characterization of transmission link quality and communications systems in general. While useful as a conceptual figure of merit, it suffers from a number of practical drawbacks that compromise its value as a standard test in manufacturing or maintenance. This paper discusses the use of error vector magnitude (EVM) and its relationship to BER to develop a foundation that will help in formulating and implementing a sound and cost-effective test strategy for component, sub-system and system test in communications systems, such as mobile cellular, satellite and wireless data networks.","PeriodicalId":439434,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1997 Wireless Communications Conference","volume":"40 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125746638","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}