A Novel Single-Channel Arrangement in Chirp Transform Spectrometer for High-Resolution Spectrum Detection

Chirp transform spectrometer (CTS) has become a powerful tool widely used in spectral analysis nowadays. In this paper, a novel single-channel structure of Chirp transform spectrometer for high-resolution spectrum detection is developed. By adding an additional signal source, a mixer, a power divide...

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Main Authors: Quan Zhao, Ling Tong, Bo Gao
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/14/4896
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description Chirp transform spectrometer (CTS) has become a powerful tool widely used in spectral analysis nowadays. In this paper, a novel single-channel structure of Chirp transform spectrometer for high-resolution spectrum detection is developed. By adding an additional signal source, a mixer, a power divider, and a combiner, one channel of the classical CTS is replaced and the matching problem between the two channels is avoided. The circuit principle and characteristics of the novel single-channel structure are presented. Two simulation models with ideal devices and nonideal devices for the classical two-channel CTS structure and the improved single-channel structure are built to verify the effectiveness of the novel structure. Simulation results show that the time distributions of the obtained compression pulses resulting from the improved structure are the same as that from the classical two-channel CTS. The obtained amplitudes and spectral resolution are almost the same in both structures with ideal devices. The introduced nonideal devices mainly influence the amplitudes of the output pulses. In addition, an experiment with hardware implementation is verified on real chains. The influence of nonideal devices is measured and analyzed. Compared to the classical two-channel structure of CTS, the modified one-channel arrangement avoids the matching problem between different channels and saves devices.
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spelling doaj.art-4d39326466894212952d1c5b9f0db2ef2023-11-20T07:01:19ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-07-011014489610.3390/app10144896A Novel Single-Channel Arrangement in Chirp Transform Spectrometer for High-Resolution Spectrum DetectionQuan Zhao0Ling Tong1Bo Gao2School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaChirp transform spectrometer (CTS) has become a powerful tool widely used in spectral analysis nowadays. In this paper, a novel single-channel structure of Chirp transform spectrometer for high-resolution spectrum detection is developed. By adding an additional signal source, a mixer, a power divider, and a combiner, one channel of the classical CTS is replaced and the matching problem between the two channels is avoided. The circuit principle and characteristics of the novel single-channel structure are presented. Two simulation models with ideal devices and nonideal devices for the classical two-channel CTS structure and the improved single-channel structure are built to verify the effectiveness of the novel structure. Simulation results show that the time distributions of the obtained compression pulses resulting from the improved structure are the same as that from the classical two-channel CTS. The obtained amplitudes and spectral resolution are almost the same in both structures with ideal devices. The introduced nonideal devices mainly influence the amplitudes of the output pulses. In addition, an experiment with hardware implementation is verified on real chains. The influence of nonideal devices is measured and analyzed. Compared to the classical two-channel structure of CTS, the modified one-channel arrangement avoids the matching problem between different channels and saves devices.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/14/4896spectrum measurementpulse compressionchirp transform spectrometersurface acoustic wave filters
spellingShingle Quan Zhao
Ling Tong
Bo Gao
A Novel Single-Channel Arrangement in Chirp Transform Spectrometer for High-Resolution Spectrum Detection
Applied Sciences
spectrum measurement
pulse compression
chirp transform spectrometer
surface acoustic wave filters
title A Novel Single-Channel Arrangement in Chirp Transform Spectrometer for High-Resolution Spectrum Detection
title_full A Novel Single-Channel Arrangement in Chirp Transform Spectrometer for High-Resolution Spectrum Detection
title_fullStr A Novel Single-Channel Arrangement in Chirp Transform Spectrometer for High-Resolution Spectrum Detection
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Single-Channel Arrangement in Chirp Transform Spectrometer for High-Resolution Spectrum Detection
title_short A Novel Single-Channel Arrangement in Chirp Transform Spectrometer for High-Resolution Spectrum Detection
title_sort novel single channel arrangement in chirp transform spectrometer for high resolution spectrum detection
topic spectrum measurement
pulse compression
chirp transform spectrometer
surface acoustic wave filters
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/14/4896
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