Opto-electronic ultra-wideband signal waveform generator and radiator
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating an arbitrary ultra-wideband waveform, the apparatus comprising components including:
- an optical comb generator for generating a serial stream of optical tones, one of which is selected as an optical beating tone;
a serial-to-parallel converter connected with the optical comb generator for receiving the serial optical tones therefrom and for converting the serial optical tones into a plurality of parallel optical tones, each having a phase and an amplitude;
a spatial light modulator connected with the serial-to-parallel converter for receiving the parallel optical tones, and for independently adjusting at least one of the phase and amplitude of each of the parallel optical tones to generate the constituent components of an arbitrary waveform;
a plurality of optical-to-electrical converters, each connected to receive one of the parallel optical tones and the optical beating tone and to beat the respective parallel optical tone with the optical beating tone, the plurality of optical-to-electrical converters thus producing a plurality of electrical notes, with each electrical note representing the difference between the parallel optical tone and the optical beating tone; and
at least one transmitter array including a plurality of antenna elements, with each antenna element connected to receive an electrical note and to launch a signal based on the electrical note, with the plurality of electrical notes being launched by the at least one transmitter array such that a sum of the launched signals form a superimposed signal in free space, forming a user-determinable arbitrary waveform.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating an arbitrary UWB waveform are presented. An optical comb generator generates a serial stream of optical tones and an optical beating tone. A serial-to-parallel converter receives the serial tones and converts them into parallel optical tones. A spatial light modulator receives the parallel optical tones, and independently adjusts at least one of the phase and amplitude of each to generate the components of an arbitrary waveform. Next, each one of a plurality of optical-to-electrical converters receives a parallel optical tone and the selected optical beating tone, which are beat with the optical beating tone, producing electrical notes, representing differences between each parallel optical tones and the optical beating tone. Each antenna element is connected to receive an electrical note and to launch a signal based thereon, such that the launched signals are superimposed to the arbitrary waveform signal.
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1. An apparatus for generating an arbitrary ultra-wideband waveform, the apparatus comprising components including:
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an optical comb generator for generating a serial stream of optical tones, one of which is selected as an optical beating tone;
a serial-to-parallel converter connected with the optical comb generator for receiving the serial optical tones therefrom and for converting the serial optical tones into a plurality of parallel optical tones, each having a phase and an amplitude;
a spatial light modulator connected with the serial-to-parallel converter for receiving the parallel optical tones, and for independently adjusting at least one of the phase and amplitude of each of the parallel optical tones to generate the constituent components of an arbitrary waveform;
a plurality of optical-to-electrical converters, each connected to receive one of the parallel optical tones and the optical beating tone and to beat the respective parallel optical tone with the optical beating tone, the plurality of optical-to-electrical converters thus producing a plurality of electrical notes, with each electrical note representing the difference between the parallel optical tone and the optical beating tone; and
at least one transmitter array including a plurality of antenna elements, with each antenna element connected to receive an electrical note and to launch a signal based on the electrical note, with the plurality of electrical notes being launched by the at least one transmitter array such that a sum of the launched signals form a superimposed signal in free space, forming a user-determinable arbitrary waveform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for generating an arbitrary ultra-wideband waveform, the apparatus comprising the steps of:
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generating a serial stream of optical tones, one of which is selected as an optical beating beating tone;
converting the serial optical tones into a plurality of parallel optical tones, each having a phase and an amplitude;
independently adjusting at least one of the phase and amplitude of each of the parallel optical tones to generate the constituent components of an arbitrary waveform;
beating each optical tone with the optical beating tone to produce a plurality of electrical notes, with each electrical note representing the difference between the respective optical tone and the optical beating tone; and
launching a signal based on each electrical note such that a sum of the launched signals forms a superimposed signal in free space, forming a user-determinable arbitrary waveform. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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