Active photonic antenna for wireless communications at 2.4 GHz

Author

Prakoso, Teguh ; Ngah, Razali ; Rahman, T.A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Johor Bahru

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

446

Lastpage

449

Abstract

Active photonic antenna (APhA) designed for 2.4 GHz communication in downlink side is proposed. The APhA consists of photodiode, RF amplifier and band pass filter (BPF) in small package, integrated with RF antenna. The APhA design is simulated using optical communication simulation software at varied fiber length and free space loss (FSL). Performance improvement over passive photonic antenna (PPhA) in term of signal power, SNR, constellation diagram, and BER is achieved, especially at PPhA service boundary.

Keywords

UHF antennas; active antennas; error statistics; microstrip antennas; microwave photonics; radio-over-fibre; APhA design; BER; BPF; RF amplifier; active photonic antenna design; band pass filter; free space loss; frequency 2.4 GHz; microstrip antenna; optical communication simulation software; photodiode; radio-over-fiber; wireless communications; Band pass filters; Downlink; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Packaging; Photodiodes; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Wireless communication; 2.4 GHz wireless communication; active photonic antenna; optical communication system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference, 2008. RFM 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2866-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2867-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2008.4897446

Filename

4897446