Title :
The enhanced six-port architecture: A measurement based proof of concept
Author :
Koelpin, Alexander ; Lindner, Stefan ; Vinci, Gabor ; Laemmle, Benjamin ; Weigel, Robert
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Electron. Eng., Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
In this publication the concept of the enhanced six-port receiver is proven by measurements of a hardware demonstrator. The enhanced six-port architecture has been proposed for simultaneous data reception and angle of arrival estimation with only one receiver front-end. It offers high positioning accuracy and high bandwidth combined with low circuit complexity. Up to now the concept has only been introduced and validated by system simulations. In this publication measurements of a hardware setup will be presented for the first time proving the functionality and performance of this new and promising architecture.
Keywords :
circuit complexity; direction-of-arrival estimation; microwave receivers; radio receivers; angle of arrival estimation; circuit complexity; data reception; measurement based proof of concept; receiver front-end; six-port architecture; six-port receiver; Calibration; Computer architecture; Couplers; Microwave circuits; Receiving antennas; circuit topology; direction of arrival estimation; microwave receiver; phase conversion; six-port technology;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), 2012 IEEE Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1237-1
DOI :
10.1109/WiSNet.2012.6172143
