Tokyo Tech. Experimental Evaluation Scheme of UWB Antenna Performance Sathaporn PROMWONG Wataru HACHITANI Jun-ichi TAKADA TAKADA-Laboratory Mobile Communication Research Group Graduate School of Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology 16 June 2003 Slide 1
Outline Background Extension of Friis Transmission Formula for UWB Systems Preparation for the Experiments Results of Experiments Conclusion and Future Works Slide 2
Background Link budget estimation of ultra-wideband (UWB) transmission Channel Tx Rx Line-of-sight (free space) case Attenuation + Distortion of signal Effect of distortion is not considered in Friis formula because the formula is expressed in terms of amplitude. Slide 3
We propose a method Extension of Friis transmission formula for UWB signal Experimental evaluation scheme of UWB antenna performance is based on extended Friis transmission formula effects of distortion due to frequency characteristics of antennas Introduction of matched filter in the receiver to get maximum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) output Definition of power gain used for link budget Slide 4
Extension of Friis Transmission Formula for UWB Systems - 1 Friis Transmission Formula d Tx ant LOS wireless transmission model Rx ant Transmission gain Free space propagation gain where : frequency : absolute gain of Tx ant. : absolute gain of Rx ant. roots of distortion : wavelength Slide 5
Extension of Friis Transmission Formula for UWB Systems - 2 Extension of Friis Transmission Formula for Wideband waveform transmission Tx ant d Rx ant input waveform MF Rx ant MF free space MF Tx ant MF wave form peak detector Block diagram of transmission System for Extension of Friis Transmission Formula to treat UWB signal. Slide 6
Extension of Friis Transmission Formula for UWB Systems - 3 Input signal The corresponding transfer function where : polarization transfer function (V and H pols.) Slide 7
Extension of Friis Transmission Formula for UWB Systems - 4 complex transfer function of free space, the unit vectors of Tx and Rx antennas., matched filter normalized to satisfy constant noise power output. Slide 8
Extension of Friis Transmission Formula for UWB Systems - 5 The output waveform from matched filter Maximum This equation includes the frequency response of the antenna, the propagation loss, and the spectrum of the transmission signal. Slide 1
Preparation for the Experiments - 1 UWB Signal Model Frequency band from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz Amplitude 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0-0.2-0.4-0.6-0.8-1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Time [ns] The transmission waveform of UWB signal Slide 10
Preparation for the Experiments - 2 Instruments Setup P-1 P-2 UWB Tx UWB Rx 1000 mm VNA d 1300 mm 1300 mm d 1 m d 1 m d 1 m d 1 m isotropic antenna pair for comparision case 1: degree case 2: degree case 3: degree The instruments setup Orientation of two trapezoidal antenna Slide 11
Preparation for the Experiments - 3 Antenna Under Test 75 mm 47.5 mm 7 mm 18.5mm 1.75 mm Trapezoidal Antenna 102 mm Z 22.8 mm X Y Ground plane 144 mm S 11 (db) 0-5 -10-15 -20-25 -30-35 Reflection response 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Frequency (GHz) Structure and dimension of trapezoidal antenna Characterstics of trapezoidal antenna Slide 12
Preparation for the Experiments - 4 Parameters of Experiments Table 1: Parameter Value Frequency range 2 GHz to 12 GHz Number of frequency point 1601 Dynamic power range 80 db IF bandwidth 300 MHz Tx antenna height 1.3 m Rx antenna height 1.3 m Distance between Tx and Rx 1.0 m Pointing angle 0 / 30 / 60 degrees Slide 13
Results of Experiments - 1 Measured transfer functions for different antenna pointing condition: amplitude Measured transfer functions for different antenna pointing condition: phase -3 x 10 7 6 0 30 60 2000 0 0 30 60 5-2000 Amplitude Gain 4 3 Phase [deg] -4000-6000 2-8000 1-10000 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Frequency [GHz] -12000 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Frequency [GHz] Slide 14
Results of Experiments - 2 Received waveform at the antenna output -6 x 10 4 3 Free Space 0 30 60 2 1 Amplitude 0-1 -2-3 -4 6.9 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Time [ns] very much distorted and length become longer. Slide 15
Results of Experiments - 3 Antenna transfer function: amplitude Antenna transfer function: phase 2.5 2 0 30 60 100 80 60 0 30 60 40 Amplitude Gain 1.5 1 0.5 Amplitude Gain 20 0-20 -40-60 -80 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Frequency [GHz] -100 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Frequency [GHz] Slide 16
Results of Experiments - 4 Output of matched filter: optimal Output of the matched filter: free space approximation -6 x 10 8 6 4 Free Space 0 30 60-5 x 10 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 Free Space 0 30 60 2 0.2 Amplitude 0-2 Amplitude 0-0.2-4 -0.4-0.6-6 -0.8-8 1.5 2 2.5 Time [ns] -1 2.8 3 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 Time [ns] Slide 17
Results of Experiments - 5 Table 2: Compare with relative gain of (antenna + matched filter), with respect to ideal isotropic antenna Filter Gain [dbi] Optimum -16.8-9.8-1.9 Isotropic approximation -22.8-10.6-3.3 Table 3: Correlation coefficient between the impulse responses of the received signal and the approximate matched filter by using isotropic antenna. Orientation Correlation 0.46 0.86 0.85 Slide 18
Conclusion and Future works Developed an experimental scheme for UWB antenna performance using the extended Friis transmission formula and matched filter to get the maximum SNR. This demonstrated scheme can be used for UWB antenna performance and indoor/outdoor propagation and modeling in UWB systems. ****************** Fading and Shadowing model Frequency characteristics > Antenna > Human body effect > Indoor multipath effect IEEJ Slide 19
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