Tunable Notch Filters for DAA Implementation and Its Influence on UWB System Performance

Author

Yamamoto, Yasuhisa ; Li, Keren ; Takizawa, Kenichi ; Hashimoto, Osamu

Author_Institution

Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Sagamihara

fYear

2008

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

98

Abstract

This paper presents two tunable notch filters (TNFs) for detect-and-avoid (DAA) implementation in an ultra-wideband (UWB) radio system. The developed filters have relatively wide- and narrow-stopband, respectively, using two different resonant structures. A system experiment has been carried out to evaluate the influence of bandwidth of notch band on the system performance when the two different filters are implemented for the DAA. The UWB system used in the evaluation is a multi-band OFDM-based system. The experimental results clearly show the different influences with different bandwidth of notch band on the system performance both from the signal spectrum and throughput of the data transmission. The narrow band tunable notch filter improves receiving sensitivity by about 3 dB compared with the wide band filter.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; band-stop filters; circuit tuning; data communication; notch filters; ultra wideband communication; UWB system; data transmission; detect-and-avoid implementation; multiband OFDM-based system; narrow band filter; resonant structures; signal spectrum; tunable notch filter; ultra-wideband radio system; Bandwidth; Europe; Filters; Narrowband; Resonance; System performance; Throughput; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultra wideband technology; Varactors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2008 China-Japan Joint

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3821-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CJMW.2008.4772382

Filename

4772382