Towards a hardware implementation of ultra-wideband beamforming

Author

Gentner, Philipp K. ; Gartner, Wolfgang ; Hilton, Geoff ; Beach, Mark E. ; Mecklenbräuker, Christoph F.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Radio-Freq. Eng., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria

fYear

2010

fDate

23-24 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

408

Lastpage

413

Abstract

This paper discusses and analyses the hardware implementation of an ultra-wideband (UWB) beamformer for UWB Impulse Radio data transmission. We use a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) acting as the binary baseband information source. The CPLD provides input to a pulse shaper and subsequently to a four-element array of UWB antennas. This smart antenna system comprises the digital baseband part, the radio-frequency frontend, and the antenna array. For this contribution, we discuss the design, implementation, and UWB measurement results obtained in an anechoic chamber.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; array signal processing; ultra wideband antennas; UWB antennas; UWB impulse radio data transmission; complex programmable logic device; four-element array; smart antenna system; ultrawideband beamforming; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Baseband; Data communication; Hardware; Programmable logic devices; Pulse shaping methods; Radio frequency; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Smart Antennas (WSA), 2010 International ITG Workshop on

Conference_Location

Bremen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6070-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6071-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSA.2010.5456396

Filename

5456396