Wideband Receiver for UWB Radars

Abstract

This paper deals with the receiver for sampling and preprocessing the wideband signals. These signals are wide in the meaning of its spectrum, e.g. very short impulses, in our case the M-sequence modulated continuous wave signals (MMCW). Conversion of the wideband signals like M-sequence is not a trivial task. Devices that are driven with this type of MMCW signals usually operates in the frequency band nearly from DC up to 20 GHz. It is an ultra-wide frequency band (UWB) specified by the Electronic Communication Committee (ECC) or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). For the processing of these signals, sampling in equivalent time is used. This principle, as well as the individual components of the receiver, are explained in this article. The results from measurements and simulations of the dynamic, AC, DC and nonlinear characteristics are presented as well.