Mixed analog-digital instrumentation for software-defined-radio characterization

Author

Cruz, Pedro ; Carvalho, Nuno Borges ; Remley, Kate A. ; Gard, Kevin G.

Author_Institution

Instituto de TelecomunicaÃ§Ãµes - Universidade de Aveiro - Portugal

fYear

2008

fDate

15-20 June 2008

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

256

Abstract

This paper presents a new type of analog-digital mixed-domain instrument that is specially tailored for software-defined-radio characterization. The instrument allows the utilization of analog instruments such as vector signal analyzers and network analyzers to characterize components based in the digital domain, such as analog-to-digital converters or field-programmable gate arrays. In this paper a study of the implementation of the mixed-domain instrument is also given.

Keywords

mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; software radio; analog instruments; analog-digital mixed-domain instrument; mixed analog-digital instrumentation; network analyzers; software defined radio characterization; vector signal analyzers; Analog-digital conversion; Frequency synchronization; Gain measurement; Instruments; Laboratories; RF signals; Signal analysis; Signal processing; Telecommunications; Testing; Software defined radio; analog-to-digital converters; electronic measurements; nonlinear systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1780-3

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633151

Filename

4633151