Design aspects of scanning receiver systems

Author

Mzyk, Raphael ; Dehm-Andone, Gunther ; Hausknecht, Frank ; Fischer, Georg ; Weigel, Robert ; Koelpin, Alexander

Author_Institution

Inst. for Electron. Eng., Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

12-14 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a cost-effective approach on receiver systems for frequency scanning and direction finding applications is presented. It consists of a hybrid analog topology, combining direct sampling and double superheterodyne architecture, as well as a scalable digital platform that offers multi channel data acquisition requiring minimum hardware resources. The receiver front-end covers the VHF (very high frequency) and UHF (ultra high frequency) band from 30MHz to 3GHz while a 50MHz instantaneous bandwidth can be processed. Key modules like a reconfigurable filter and low noise PLL (phase-locked loop) as well as a digital platform are highlighted and the trade-off between cost effectiveness and performance is investigated.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; VHF radio propagation; frequency synthesizers; radio direction-finding; superheterodyne receivers; wireless channels; PLL; UHF; VHF; direct sampling; direction finding application; frequency 30 MHz to 3 GHz; frequency 50 MHz; frequency scanning; front end receiver; hybrid analog topology; multichannel data acquisition; reconflgurable filter; scalable digital platform; scanning receiver system; superheterodyne architecture; Bandwidth; Field programmable gate arrays; Gain; Phase locked loops; Phase noise; Receivers; Tuning; Scanning receiver; frequency synthesis; multi channel receiver; reconfigurable filter; surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (GeMiC), 2012 The 7th German

Conference_Location

Ilmenau

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2096-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-9812668-4-9

Type

conf

Filename

6185164