Distortion Analysis of RF Links by Means of Circuit-Level Nonlinear/EM Front-end Simulation and Realistic Channel Description

Author

Rizzoli, Vittorio ; Masotti, Diego ; Spadoni, Paolo ; Costanzo, Alessandra ; Fuschini, Franco

Author_Institution

DEIS, Universita di Bologna

fYear

2006

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

164

Abstract

End-to-end analysis of RF/microwave links is addressed for the first time by combining rigorous circuit-level nonlinear analysis of the transmitting and receiving front ends, electromagnetic (EM) characterisation of the antennas, and realistic description of the radio channel. The latter is a multipath model based on a 3D ray tracing (RT) approach. The connection between transmitter and receiver is established by a full EM computation of the radiated far field under modulated input drive

Keywords

nonlinear distortion; radio links; ray tracing; wireless channels; 3D ray tracing; EM front-end simulation; RF links; distortion analysis; electromagnetic analysis; multipath model; nonlinear circuits; realistic channel description; system analysis; system design; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic radiation; Microwave antennas; Microwave circuits; Nonlinear distortion; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Nonlinear circuits; distortion; electromagnetic analysis; system analysis and design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-6-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2006.281243

Filename

4057772