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From: | Marcus Müller |
Subject: | Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Is a unipolar signal bad as an input for a USRP receiver? |
Date: | Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:27:09 +0200 |
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Hi Jeon,What I concern is, USRP can process bipolar signal, has a low noise amplifier (LNA) and an ADC at the receiving end.That's not true. The USRP motherboard itself doesn't have an amplifier; amplifiers are, if they exist, on the daughterboards. The LFRX doesn't have an LNA -- it just has an OpAmp configured as a voltage follower. I've heard that LNA and ADC take a heavy stress if they process a unipolar, a DC biased signalThe ADC doesn't mind static signals (in fact, signals are always presented to the ADC as differential), and the OpAmp is speced to withstand any signal within its input range. So you don't have to worry :) NRZ might be a good idea for other reasons, but these depend solely on your application. Best regards, Marcus PS: I'll try to locate your thread on usrp-users. Normally we strive to not miss anything on that mailing list. On 07/02/2015 05:03 PM, Jeon wrote:
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