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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2009.20.9.843

Design of C-Band Frequency Up-Converter in Communication System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle  

Lee, Duck-Hyung (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Oh, Hyun-Seok (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Jeong, Hae-Chang (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Yeom, Kyung-Whan (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University)
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Abstract
In this paper, we present design, fabrication, and measured results for a frequency upconverter for a wireless communication system of UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The specifications of such wireless communication system requires the special features of maximum range of communication as well as deployment in UAV and repairing. The frequency upconverter operating at $5.25{\sim}5.45\;GHz$ in C-band was designed and fabricated considering such special features. The AGC function was included because the required output power should be constant for optimal system operation. The fabricated upconverter showed a constant output power of $+2{\pm}0.5\;dBm$ for the $-15{\sim}-10\;dBm$ input. Spuriouses were below -60 dBc and the adjacent leakage power was below -40 dBc. In addition, LO sources in the upconverter was implemented using the frequency synthesizer with step 1 MHz. This is for the application to the situation where multiple UAVs employed and the possible change of the permitted frequency band. The synthesizer showed a phase noise of -100 dBc/Hz at the 100 kHz frequency offset.
Keywords
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; Upconverter; AGC;
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