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Evaluation of Digital-to-RF Upconversion Transmitter Using Harmonic Images of DAC Output
Minseok KIM Tatsuo FUJI Takafumi NAKABAYASHI Hiroyuki ARAI
Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
Vol.E91-B
No.4
pp.1215-1218 Publication Date: 2008/04/01 Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.4.1215 Print ISSN: 0916-8516 Type of Manuscript: LETTER Category: Wireless Communication Technologies Keyword: DAC, harmonic, SDR, sinc distortion, up-conversion, EVM,
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Summary:
This letter evaluates a transmitter architecture using harmonic images in D/A conversion for generating RF signals. In generating harmonic images, the problems such as intermodulation distortion of DAC were investigated. We developed an evaluation system with two bandpass filter and a buffer amplifier. It was experimentally found that the RF signal up to around 400 MHz can be generated by a commonly used 14-bit DAC at the sampling rates of around 40 MHz with EVM less than 6.6%. This letter also presents a more feasible transmitter example having an IF stage with harmonic image extraction scheme and a typical RF upconversion stage.
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