Design and realization of a RF transceiver for marine identification system [emphasis on VHF power amplifier]

Author

El-Asmar, M. ; Kouki, A.B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ecole de Technol. Super., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

535

Abstract

In this paper, we present the design and experimental characterization of an RF front-end suitable for automatic identification system (AIS) applications. The power amplifier (PA) is designed for class C operation at two output power level settings. The design procedure, including the choice of device, modeling for class C operation, stabilization and matching is outlined and discussed. The designed PA was fabricated and tested and was found to meet AIS requirements.

Keywords

VHF amplifiers; circuit stability; impedance matching; marine communication; power amplifiers; transceivers; 12.5 W; 156.025 to 162.025 MHz; 2 W; AIS requirements; PA stabilization; RF front-end; RF transceiver; amplifier dual-output power level settings; automatic identification systems; class C operation power amplifier; marine identification system; maritime communication system; matching; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Safety; Testing; Time division multiple access; Topology; Transceivers; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004. Canadian Conference on

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8253-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2004.1345091

Filename

1345091