Wideband photonic RF transceiver with zero-if architecture

Yongsheng Gao, Wei Jiang

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Abstract

Radio frequency (RF) transceivers with zero intermediate frequency (IF) architecture feature the advantages of frequency agile, large bandwidth, simple structure and easy integration, but suffer from local oscillator (LO) leakage, dc offset, even-order distortion, in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) imbalance. A wideband zero-IF transceiver based on photonic I/Q mixing techniques is proposed. In the experiment, RF vector signals with a carrier frequency of 36 GHz and a symbol rate of 100 MSym/s are successfully generated in the zero-IF transmitter and demodulated in the zero-IF receiver. Due to the good RF/LO isolation and balanced detection in the receiver, the dc offset and even-order distortion are well suppressed. Thanks to the all-optical frequency mixing and phase shifting techniques, a wide operating frequency from 7 to 40 GHz is obtained, with the I/Q amplitude imbalance below 0.5 dB and the phase imbalance below 0.9 degree.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMWP 2017 - 2017 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-4
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538607626
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Dec 2017
Event2017 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2017 - Beijing, China
Duration: 23 Oct 201726 Oct 2017

Publication series

NameMWP 2017 - 2017 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics
Volume2017-December

Conference

Conference2017 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period23/10/1726/10/17

Keywords

  • I/Q mixer
  • Microwave photonics
  • RF receiver
  • RF transmitter
  • Zero intermediate frequency

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