A novel approach for using polyphase filter bank in directly digital RF conversion from RF to baseband

Deying Zhang; Qin Jiang; Mohiuddin Ahmed

doi:10.1117/12.920331

3 May 2012 A novel approach for using polyphase filter bank in directly digital RF conversion from RF to baseband

Deying Zhang, Qin Jiang, Mohiuddin Ahmed

Proceedings Volume 8404, Wireless Sensing, Localization, and Processing VII; 84040E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920331
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Software defined radio (SDR) hardware platform is in high demand for ultra-wideband digital EW receiver to carry out different mission requirements. Due to the limitations of current Analog-to-Digital conversion (ADC) techniques, the ideal receiver structure of SDR, with digital RF frequency conversion, cannot be achieved. In this article, a new channelization technique called ADC polyphase fast Fourier transformation (ADC PFFT) filter bank channelization is demonstrated. The key concept is to separate the speed at which the two functional units of an ADC - the sample and hold and the quantizer - operate. The sample and hold unit operates at the sampling frequency f_s and the quantizer (the speed limiting factor in ADCs) can operate at a much slower rate, f_s/M, where M is the decimation factor for digital filter bank. By integrated this ADC PFFT technique in ultra-wideband digital channelized EW receivers, directly digital RF down conversion can be achieved. With the ADC PFFT channelization for RF down conversion and polyphase FFT channelization for IF down conversion, 2-18 GHz frequency coverage can be accomplished in such ultra-wideband digital channelized EW receivers without the requirement of EW receivers being time-shared among outputs from many subbands due to bandwidth limitation in digital IF channelized EW receivers. Because the frequency down conversion from RF to BB are all processed digitally, issues such as image rejection and I/Q imbalance due to analog mixing will be eliminated in the ultrawideband digital channelized EW receivers.

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Deying Zhang, Qin Jiang, and Mohiuddin Ahmed "A novel approach for using polyphase filter bank in directly digital RF conversion from RF to baseband", Proc. SPIE 8404, Wireless Sensing, Localization, and Processing VII, 84040E (3 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920331

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