All-optical Radio-over-fiber AM-to-FM Upconverter
- 技术优势
- Combines baseband data upconversion and simultaneous AM-to-FM transformation into one simplified, high quality device performing a one-step process. Bypasses electronic bandwidth limitations. Enables microwave subcarrier frequencies up to 100 GHz. Avoids the use of expensive electronic conversion equipment and its associated electronic noise contamination. Allows increased wireless communication and data capacity.
- 技术应用
- Wireless communication infrastructure. Radio-over-Fiber deployment systems.
- 详细技术说明
- The novel technology provides an effective all-optical solution for upconverting baseband data to the microwave band, while performing AM-to-FM transformation simultaneously. This simplifies the design of the central office by combining the functionality of signal conversion and an optical source into a single device, eliminating the need for separate and expensive microwave components and high-speed optical modulation electronics. Furthermore, the optical conversion rates of this technology can exceed the bandwidth constraints of conventional high-speed electronic conversion equipment.
- *Abstract
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UCLA Researchers in the Electrical Engineering Department and the Graduate Institute of Opto-Mechatronics have developed a novel technology for reducing the complexity of wireless communication infrastructure by minimizing and replacing expensive electronic conversion equipment.
- *IP Issue Date
- Oct 14, 2014
- *Principal Investigation
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Name: Sze-Chun Chan
Department:
Name: Sheng-Kwang Hwang
Department:
Name: Jia-Ming Liu
Department:
- 附加资料
- Patent Number: US20110044692A1
Application Number: US2009377586A
Inventor: Chan, Sze-Chun | Hwang, Sheng-Kwang | Liu, Jia-Ming
Priority Date: 14 Aug 2006
Priority Number: US20110044692A1
Application Date: 9 Sep 2010
Publication Date: 24 Feb 2011
IPC Current: H04B001000
US Class: 398115
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: All-Optical AM-To-FM Up-Conversion for Radio-Over-Fiber
Usefulness: All-Optical AM-To-FM Up-Conversion for Radio-Over-Fiber
Summary: All-optical amplitude modulation-frequency modulation (AM-FM) up-converter for a communication system such as cellular communication system, which communicatively couples a public switched telephone network (PSTN) to a cellular network, computer communication system e.g. local area network (LAN) system and Internet system, and a radio-frequency (RF) communication system.
Novelty: All-optical amplitude modulation-frequency modulation up-converter for e.g. cellular communication system, has laser source generating frequency modulated signal including baseband signal carried in period-one microwave frequency
- 主要类别
- 电子
- 细分类别
- 计算机，通信和消费电子产品 /小工具
- 申请号码
- 8861969
- 其他
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Background
Wireless communication technology has increased demand for data transmission between wireless devices and base stations. Base stations communicate via radio-over-fiber with a central office, which manages data flow conversion between the base stations and the conventional optical communication network. The central office requires expensive and complex electronic microwave conversion equipment to allow communication between the base stations and the conventional optical communication network. The central office conversion is inefficient and bandwidth limited.
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Tech ID/UC Case
20134/2006-696-0
Related Cases
2006-696-0
- 国家/地区
- 美国
