Digital radio frequency signal generation towards ultimate transmitters

Author

Frappe, Antoine M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Microelectron. & Nanotechnol. (IEMN), Lille, France

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This invited paper exposes our latest developments in the field of digital transmitters by focusing on digital and mixed-signal processing blocks, such as delta-sigma modulators, high-speed interpolation filters and digital-to-RF converters. The goal is to demonstrate that radio-frequency signal generation by mostly-digital means is competitive and not so far from being a realistic option. It will also discuss the numerous remaining bottlenecks to go through to provide reliable and attractive solutions.

Keywords

delta-sigma modulation; digital signal processing chips; filtering theory; interpolation; radio transmitters; delta-sigma modulators; digital processing blocks; digital radiofrequency signal generation; digital transmitters; digital-to-RF converters; high-speed interpolation filters; mixed-signal processing blocks; ultimate transmitters; CMOS integrated circuits; Finite impulse response filters; Modulation; Radio frequency; Radio transmitters; Standards; Digital transmitters; cognitive radio; delta-sigma modulation; digital-to-RF conversion; multi-rate systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (ISFEE), 2014 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6820-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISFEE.2014.7050563

Filename

7050563