Ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radar and communication systems, which employ video (baseband) pulse as the transmitting signal [1]-[9], are attractive for various applications, such as pavement assessment, bridge-deck inspection, geophysical explorations, collision avoidance, fluid level sensing, detection and classification of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and land-mines, and short-range in-building communications, e.g. [10], [11]
Sampling receivers are a critical part in these UWB systems. For instance, in UWB impulse radars, such as subsurface penetrating radar, sub-sampling of the received signal by a sampling receiver is needed to extract detected information. Synchronous sampling (or equivalent-time sampling) receiver is commonly used in UWB systems due to its simple and compact structure. The synchronous sampling method has been widely used in electro-optic sampling technique to down-convert RF signal or reproduce fast transient signals on a large time scale [12]. Another application of samling receivers are for microwave instrumentation such as network analyzers, frequency counters and digitizing oscilloscopes [13]-[19]. In this application, the sampling mixer is used for sub-sampling of a fast transient signal to recover it on a large time scale and for down-conversion of a continuous-wave signal. Solid-state millimeter-wave and electro-optic samplers, which are able to sub-sample picosecond transient signals, have been developed for instruments operating in the millimeter-wave band [20]-[24]. The sampling receivers for UWB applications particularly require low conversion loss and high dynamic range because of their direct conversion operation.
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Han, J., Xu, R., Nguyen, C. (2007). On the Development of a Low-Cost Compact Planar Integrated-Circuit Sampling Receiver for UWB Sytems. In: Baum, C.E., Stone, A.P., Tyo, J.S. (eds) Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73046-2_22
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