CN115225109A - Terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end - Google Patents

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CN115225109A
CN115225109A CN202211144102.1A CN202211144102A CN115225109A CN 115225109 A CN115225109 A CN 115225109A CN 202211144102 A CN202211144102 A CN 202211144102A CN 115225109 A CN115225109 A CN 115225109A
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The invention provides a terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end, and relates to the technical field of terahertz wireless communication. The technical problems of high system complexity, high debugging difficulty and point-to-point one-way communication existing in the existing terahertz communication transceiving front end are solved. The invention comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end. The transmitting end and the receiving end respectively comprise a coupling unit, a filtering unit and a frequency mixing unit which are connected in sequence; the coupling unit of the transmitting end is connected with the coupling unit of the receiving end; the working frequency of the filtering unit at the receiving end is positioned in the stop band of the working frequency of the filtering unit at the transmitting end. The invention can reduce the complexity of the system link, realize the miniaturization of the terahertz transmitting-receiving front-end link and realize the terahertz full-duplex communication.

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Terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of terahertz wireless communication, in particular to a terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end.
Background
The terahertz wave is an electromagnetic wave with the frequency of 100GHz to 10THz, is located at a special position between millimeter waves and optical waves, and has the advantages of large bandwidth, high safety, strong directivity and the like. With the explosive growth of global mobile data traffic, the traditional microwave and millimeter wave frequency band is increasingly crowded, and new spectrum resources are urgently needed to be developed. On the other hand, a great amount of spectrum resources yet to be developed exist in the terahertz frequency band, and the terahertz frequency band has ultrahigh-speed wireless communication potential. Therefore, the terahertz communication technology has received much attention as one of the ideal choices for the next-generation communication technology.
The terahertz communication transceiving front end reported at present is mostly based on a traditional superheterodyne communication system. The intermediate frequency signal under the system generally needs two or even multiple frequency conversion to reach the terahertz frequency band, so that the problems of high system complexity, high debugging difficulty and the like are caused. Meanwhile, in order to avoid interference of image sidebands on signals after up-conversion of the balanced mixer, an image rejection filter is required to filter the image sidebands in the conventional superheterodyne system, and the size and cost of the system are further increased. On the other hand, the currently reported Solid-State terahertz communication systems Based on electronics, such as [ H.Hamada, T.Tsutsumi, H.Matsuzakki, et al, 300-GHz-Band 120-Gb/s Wireless Front-End Based on Inp-HEMT PAs and Mixers [ J ]. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2020, 55 (9): 2316-2335], are point-to-point unidirectional communications, which greatly limits the application and development of terahertz Wireless communication.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end aiming at the technical problems of high system complexity, high debugging difficulty and point-to-point one-way communication existing in the conventional terahertz communication transceiving front end, wherein the transceiving front end system is low in complexity and simultaneously realizes full duplex communication.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problem is as follows: a terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end; the transmitting end and the receiving end respectively comprise a coupling unit, a filtering unit and a frequency mixing unit which are connected in sequence; the coupling unit of the transmitting end is connected with the coupling unit of the receiving end; the working frequency of the filtering unit of the receiving end is positioned in a stop band of the working frequency of the filtering unit of the transmitting end; the frequency mixing unit of the transmitting end is used for modulating the input I, Q two paths of intermediate frequency signals into I, Q two paths of terahertz signals, and the coupling unit of the transmitting end is used for synthesizing I, Q two paths of terahertz signals into a single path of terahertz signals; the coupling unit of the receiving end is used for separating the received single-path terahertz signals into I, Q two-path terahertz signals, and the frequency mixing unit of the receiving end is used for modulating the I, Q two-path terahertz signals into I, Q two-path intermediate frequency signals.
Preferably, the two frequency mixing units each include an I-path frequency mixing module and a Q-path frequency mixing module; the I-path mixing module and the Q-path mixing module respectively comprise a radio frequency input port, a radio frequency probe, a Schottky diode pair, a local oscillator filter, a local oscillator input port, a local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer, an intermediate frequency filter and an intermediate frequency output port; the radio frequency probe, the Schottky diode pair, the local oscillator filter, the local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer and the intermediate frequency filter are sequentially connected; radio frequency input port sets up radio frequency probe department, local oscillator input port sets up local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer department, intermediate frequency output port sets up intermediate frequency filter department.
Preferably, the two schottky diodes of the schottky diode pair are connected in anti-parallel.
Preferably, the two filtering units each include an I-path filter and a Q-path filter; the input end of the I-path filter of the transmitting end is connected with the intermediate frequency output port of the I-path mixing module of the transmitting end, and the input end of the Q-path filter of the transmitting end is connected with the intermediate frequency output port of the Q-path mixing module of the transmitting end; the output end of the I-path filter of the receiving end is connected with the radio frequency input port of the I-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end, and the output end of the Q-path filter of the receiving end is connected with the radio frequency input port of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end.
Preferably, both of the coupling units comprise a coupler; the port 3 of the coupler at the transmitting end is connected with the output port of the I-path filter at the transmitting end, the port 2 of the coupler is connected with the output port of the Q-path filter, and the port 1 of the coupler is connected with the port 4 of the coupler at the receiving end; and the No. 2 port of the coupler of the receiving end is connected with the input port of the I-path filter of the receiving end, and the No. 3 port of the coupler of the receiving end is connected with the input port of the Q-path filter of the coupler of the receiving end.
Preferably, the transmitting terminal further includes a matching load, the matching load is used for absorbing the I-path terahertz signal of the transmitting terminal, and the matching load is connected to the port No. 4 of the coupler of the transmitting terminal.
Preferably, the receiving end further includes an antenna, the antenna is used for receiving or transmitting the terahertz signal, and the antenna is connected to the port 1 of the coupler of the receiving end.
Preferably, the transmitting end and the receiving end both further include a local oscillator power divider; the input ports of the two local oscillator power dividers are both used for accessing local oscillator input signals, and two output ports of the local oscillator power divider at the transmitting end are respectively connected with the local oscillator input port of the I-path frequency mixing module and the local oscillator input port of the Q-path frequency mixing module at the transmitting end; two output ports of the local oscillator power divider of the receiving end are respectively connected with a local oscillator input port of the I-path frequency mixing module and a local oscillator input port of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end.
Preferably, the transmitting end further includes a first baseband signal processing platform for inputting an intermediate frequency signal to the transmitting end, the first baseband signal processing platform is provided with two output ports, and the two output ports are respectively connected to the radio frequency input port of the I-path frequency mixing module and the radio frequency input port of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the transmitting end.
Preferably, the receiving terminal further includes a second baseband signal processing platform for processing the I, Q two intermediate frequency signals obtained by frequency conversion of the frequency mixing unit of the receiving terminal, where the second baseband signal processing platform is provided with two input ports, and the two input ports are respectively connected to the intermediate frequency output port of the I-path frequency mixing module and the intermediate frequency output port of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving terminal.
One of the above technical solutions of the present invention has the following advantages or beneficial effects:
compared with the traditional super-heterodyne terahertz communication system, the terahertz I, Q two-path signal direct modulation and demodulation is realized, the intermediate frequency signal can be transmitted through one-time frequency conversion, an image frequency suppression filter is not needed in a link, the system architecture is greatly simplified, the integration and miniaturization of the terahertz transmitting and receiving front end are facilitated, and the circuit debugging and processing cost is reduced. Moreover, the invention realizes the terahertz frequency division duplex communication.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main structure of a terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front-end system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a coupler at a receiving end according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a diagram of the results of HFSS simulation of a coupler at the receiving end according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a coupler at the transmitting end according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a diagram of the results of HFSS simulation of a coupler at the transmit end of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a transmitter and receiver filter according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a diagram of HFSS simulation results for filters at the transmitting end and the receiving end according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a mixer module according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 10 is a simulation result of conversion loss of a mixer module according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 11 is a perspective view of a local oscillator power divider according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 12 is a diagram of HFSS simulation results of the local oscillator power divider according to the embodiment of the present invention.
1. A radio frequency input port; 2. a radio frequency probe; 3. a Schottky diode pair; 4. a local oscillation filter; 5. a local oscillator input port; 6. a local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer; 7. an intermediate frequency filter; 8. and an intermediate frequency output port.
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In order that the objects, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent, various exemplary embodiments will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration various exemplary embodiments in which the invention may be practiced, and in which like numerals in different drawings represent the same or similar elements, unless otherwise specified. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. It is to be understood that they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims, and that other embodiments may be used, or structural and functional modifications may be made to the embodiments set forth herein, without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known systems, devices, circuits, and methods are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present invention with unnecessary detail.
The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features described.
The following embodiment is merely a specific example and does not indicate such an implementation of the present invention.
In order to explain the technical means of the present invention, the following description will be given by way of specific examples.
The first embodiment is as follows:
as shown in fig. 1-2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end, which includes a transmitting end and a receiving end. The transmitting end and the receiving end respectively comprise a coupling unit, a filtering unit and a frequency mixing unit which are connected in sequence; the coupling unit of the transmitting end is connected with the coupling unit of the receiving end. Specifically, a frequency mixing unit of the transmitting end is used for modulating input I, Q two intermediate-frequency signals into I, Q two terahertz signals, and a coupling unit of the transmitting end is used for synthesizing I, Q two terahertz signals into a single terahertz signal; the coupling unit of the receiving end is used for separating the received one-way terahertz signal into I, Q two-way terahertz signals, and the frequency mixing unit of the receiving end is used for modulating I, Q two-way terahertz signals into I, Q two-way intermediate frequency signals; the filtering unit is used for filtering the I, Q two paths of terahertz signals. More specifically, the working frequency of the filtering unit of the receiving end is located in a stop band of the working frequency of the filtering unit of the transmitting end, so that the filtering unit of the receiving end can totally reflect the terahertz signal synthesized by the transmitting end and transmit the terahertz signal to a free space through the coupling unit of the receiving end, thereby realizing the isolation of the signal between the transmitting end and the receiving end and the terahertz frequency division duplex communication. Moreover, the working bandwidth of the coupling unit of the receiving end covers the working frequencies of the receiving end and the transmitting end, and the working bandwidth of the coupling unit of the transmitting end covers the working frequency of the transmitting end, so that the terahertz frequency division duplex communication is further realized.
Compared with the traditional terahertz communication system with a superheterodyne system, the terahertz I, Q two-path signal direct modulation and demodulation are realized, the intermediate frequency signal can be transmitted by one-time frequency conversion, an image frequency suppression filter is not needed in a link, the system architecture is greatly simplified, the integration and miniaturization of the terahertz transmitting and receiving front end are facilitated, and the circuit debugging and processing cost is reduced. Moreover, the invention realizes the terahertz frequency division duplex communication.
As an optional implementation manner, each of the two frequency mixing units includes an I-path frequency mixing module and a Q-path frequency mixing module. As shown in fig. 9, the I-path mixing module and the Q-path mixing module both include a radio frequency input port 1, a radio frequency probe 2, a schottky diode pair 3, a local oscillator filter 4, a local oscillator input port 5, a local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer 6, an intermediate frequency filter 7, and an intermediate frequency output port 8. Specifically, radio frequency probe 2, schottky diode pair 3, local oscillator filter 4, local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer 6, intermediate frequency filter 7 connect gradually, and radio frequency input port 1 sets up in radio frequency probe 2 department, and local oscillator input port 5 sets up in local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer 6 department, and intermediate frequency output port 8 sets up in intermediate frequency filter 7 department. It should be noted that the local oscillator filter 4 implements isolation between the radio frequency signal and the local oscillator signal, and the intermediate frequency filter 7 extracts the intermediate frequency signal and simultaneously implements isolation between the local oscillator signal and the intermediate frequency signal. Furthermore, the circuits of the two paths of frequency mixing modules are prepared by quartz substrates, and the structures and the performances of the frequency mixing modules of the transmitting end and the receiving end can be completely the same.
Preferably, the two schottky diodes of the schottky diode pair 3 are connected in anti-parallel. It should be noted that, the two schottky diodes are connected in parallel in the reverse direction, so that odd harmonic components can be mutually offset, and second harmonic mixing is realized.
As an optional implementation manner, the two local power dividing units each include one local power divider. Specifically, the input ports of the two local oscillator power dividers are both used for accessing local oscillator input signals, and two output ports of each local oscillator power divider are respectively connected to the local oscillator input port 5 of the I-path frequency mixing module and the local oscillator input port 5 of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the respective receiving and transmitting end. It should be noted that the local oscillator power divider of this embodiment adopts a wilkinson power divider circuit structure, and is configured to divide the local oscillator input signal power equally to drive two mixers at the transmitting end and the receiving end.
As an optional implementation manner, both the filtering units include an I-path filter and a Q-path filter. The input end of the I-path filter of the transmitting end is connected with the intermediate frequency output port 8 of the I-path mixing module of the transmitting end, and the input end of the Q-path filter of the transmitting end is connected with the intermediate frequency output port 8 of the Q-path mixing module of the transmitting end; the output end of the I-path filter of the receiving end is connected with the radio frequency input port 1 of the I-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end, and the output end of the Q-path filter of the receiving end is connected with the radio frequency input port 1 of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end.
As an alternative embodiment, both coupling units comprise one coupler. The port 3 of the coupler at the transmitting end is connected with the output port of the filter I at the transmitting end, the port 2 of the coupler at the transmitting end is connected with the output port of the filter Q at the transmitting end, and the port 1 of the coupler at the transmitting end is connected with the port 4 of the coupler at the receiving end; and the No. 2 port of the coupler of the receiving end is connected with the input port of the I-path filter of the receiving end, and the No. 3 port of the coupler of the receiving end is connected with the input port of the Q-path filter of the receiving end.
As an optional implementation manner, the transmitting terminal further includes a matching load, the matching load is used for absorbing the I-path terahertz signal of the transmitting terminal, and the matching load is connected to the port No. 4 of the coupler of the transmitting terminal. Further, the receiving end further includes an antenna, and in this embodiment, a terahertz antenna is preferred, and the antenna is used to receive or transmit a terahertz signal, and is connected to port No. 1 of the coupler of the receiving end.
As an optional implementation manner, both the transmitting end and the receiving end further include a local oscillator power divider. The input ports of the two local oscillator power dividers are both used for accessing local oscillator input signals, and two output ports of the local oscillator power divider at the transmitting end are respectively connected with a local oscillator input port 5 of an I-path frequency mixing module and a local oscillator input port 5 of a Q-path frequency mixing module at the transmitting end; two output ports of the local oscillator power divider of the receiving end are respectively connected with the local oscillator input port 5 of the I-path frequency mixing module and the local oscillator input port 5 of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end. It should be noted that the local oscillator power dividing unit is configured to generate two paths of intermediate frequency local oscillator signals I, Q for driving the frequency mixing unit.
As an optional implementation manner, the transmitting end further includes a first baseband signal processing platform, the first baseband signal processing platform is provided with two output ports, and the two output ports are respectively connected to the radio frequency input port 1 of the I-path frequency mixing module and the radio frequency input port 1 of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the transmitting end. Furthermore, the receiving end further comprises a second baseband signal processing platform, the second baseband signal processing platform is provided with two input ports, and the two input ports are respectively connected with the intermediate frequency output port 8 of the I-path frequency mixing module and the intermediate frequency output port 8 of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end.
The working principle of the terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end is as follows:
for a receiving end, a terahertz signal is received through an antenna (terahertz antenna), and a coupler divides the received terahertz signal into I, Q signals with equal power and 90-degree phase difference; the two paths of signals are respectively input to an I path filter and a Q path filter for filtering, and then are respectively input to an I path frequency mixing module and a Q path frequency mixing module; under the drive of I, Q local oscillation signals output by the local oscillation power divider, the two terahertz signals are respectively subjected to frequency conversion through I, Q two frequency mixing modules to form I, Q two intermediate frequency signals, and the two intermediate frequency signals are directly input to a second baseband signal processing platform at the rear end to be subjected to data processing.
For a transmitting terminal, under the drive of I, Q local oscillator signals output by the local oscillator power divider, the I, Q two-path frequency mixing module converts I, Q two intermediate frequency signals input by the first baseband signal processing platform into I, Q two-path terahertz signals; after the two paths of terahertz signals are respectively input into two filters for filtering, in the coupler, the I path of terahertz signal is absorbed by a matched load to form a path (Q path) of terahertz signal; the terahertz signals of the channel (Q channel) are input to a coupler of a receiving end, reflected by a filter of the receiving end and transmitted to a free space through an antenna of the receiving end.
In conclusion, the terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end provided by the invention can reduce the complexity of a system link, realize the miniaturization of the terahertz transceiving front end link and realize terahertz full duplex communication.
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As shown in fig. 3-6, the present invention provides an embodiment in which the coupler in the first embodiment is a terahertz 3dB coupler. Specifically, the terahertz 3dB coupler at the receiving end is a 5-branch directional coupler, and the terahertz 3dB coupler at the transmitting end is a 3-branch directional coupler. The four ports of the two couplers are designed by adopting WR-4 standard waveguide ports, and the results of HFSS simulation are shown in figures 4 and 6. The coupler of the receiving end is in a frequency range of 200-230GHz, the amplitude unevenness of signals of No. 2 and No. 3 ports of the coupler is less than 0.25dB, and the phase difference is about 90 degrees; the coupler at the transmitting end has the advantages that the unevenness degree of the amplitude of signals of No. 2 and No. 3 ports is less than 0.05dB and the phase difference is about 90 degrees in the frequency range of 200-210 GHz.
As shown in fig. 7-8, the filters of the receiving end and the transmitting end are all terahertz filters, and both adopt 5-order chebyshev cavity filters. Both ports of the filter are designed by adopting WR-4 standard waveguide port, and the result of HFSS simulation is shown in figure 8. The working frequency of the receiving end filter is 190-200GHz, and the in-band return loss is better than 20dB; the working frequency of a filter at the transmitting end is 220-230GHz, and the in-band return loss is better than 20dB; the isolation between the two filters is greater than 40dB.
As shown in fig. 9 to 10, since the bandwidth required by the transceiver front-end of this embodiment is 30GHz, the operating frequencies of the I-channel mixing module and the Q-channel mixing module based on the antiparallel schottky diode pair 3 can meet the requirements. Therefore, the frequency mixing modules of the receiving end and the transmitting end both adopt the same circuit structure, and certainly, can be a terahertz second harmonic mixer. In the two frequency mixing modules (see embodiment one for specific structure), the rf ports of the I-path frequency mixing module and the Q-path frequency mixing module both use WR-4 standard waveguides, the local oscillator input port 5 thereof uses WR-8 standard waveguides, the frequency mixing circuit is designed based on a 50 μm thick quartz substrate, and the gold layer thickness is 17 μm. The second harmonic mixing circuit adopts the mode of ADS + HFSS software joint simulation, and the simulation result of the frequency conversion loss is shown in figure 10. In the frequency range of 200-230GHz, the frequency conversion loss of the I-path mixing module and the Q-path mixing module is better than 8.5dB.
As shown in fig. 11 to 12, the two local oscillator power dividers of this embodiment adopt a wilkinson power divider circuit structure, and are configured to divide the local oscillator input signal into two local oscillator signals, so as to drive the I-path frequency mixing module and the Q-path frequency mixing module to operate. Because the I-path frequency mixing module and the Q-path frequency mixing module can halve the local oscillation frequency, the power dividers of the receiving end and the transmitting end work in the frequency range of 100-115 GHz. The local oscillator power divider is designed based on WR-8 standard waveguide, the diaphragm is used for fine tuning the amplitudes of two paths of signals, and HFSS simulation results are shown in figure 12, wherein in the frequency range of 100-115GHz, the amplitude difference of signals of a port 2 (a port 2 in the figure) and a port 3 (a port 3 in the figure) is less than 0.05dB, and the return loss is better than 13dB. It should be noted that, in the receiving end and the transmitting end, the port 3 and the port 2 of the local power divider serve as output ends, and the port 1 (port 1 in the figure) serves as an input end.
Based on the above design, in this implementation, the terahertz frequency division duplex I, Q directly modulates and demodulates the transceiving front end, and the specific performance indexes of the transceiving front end are as follows:
the working frequency of the receiving end is as follows: 200-210GHz; transmitting end operating frequency: 220-230GHz; isolation between transmitting end and receiving end: >40dB, the whole front-end can be integrated in a 40mm x 20mm module.
Further, the working principle of the direct modulation and demodulation front-end of the terahertz frequency division duplex I, Q of this embodiment is as follows:
for a receiving end, 200-210GHz terahertz signals (radio frequency signals) are received by a terahertz antenna and then input into a 3dB coupler to be branched into I, Q two paths of radio frequency signals with equal power and 90-degree phase difference, and I, Q two paths of radio frequency signals are input into a terahertz filter through No. 2 and No. 3 ports of the coupler for filtering; the input local oscillator signals with the working frequency of 102.5GHz are processed by a local oscillator power divider to obtain I, Q two local oscillator signals with equal power; under the drive of the local oscillation signals, the two frequency mixing modules respectively carry out frequency conversion on the I, Q two paths of filtered radio frequency signals to obtain I, Q two paths of intermediate frequency signals with the frequency of 1-5GHz, and I, Q two paths of intermediate frequency signals are directly input into the second baseband signal processing platform to complete signal demodulation.
For a transmitting terminal, two local oscillator signals with equal power are obtained by an input local oscillator signal with the working frequency of 112.5GHz through a local oscillator power divider; driven by a local oscillator signal, the two-path frequency mixing module directly converts the I, Q intermediate-frequency signals with the working frequency range of 1-5GHz output by the first baseband signal processing platform into 220-230GHz, and the signals are respectively input into the ports 2 and 3 of the coupler for combining after passing through the terahertz filter and then output through the port 1. Coupling signals of No. 2 and No. 3 ports output by the No. 4 port of the coupler of the transmitting end are absorbed by the matched load; and the signal output by the coupler No. 1 port of the transmitting end is input to the receiving end through the coupler No. 4 port of the receiving end. The coupling signal input into the receiving end is firstly divided into two signals I, Q by the coupler of the receiving end, and the two signals are respectively output to the two filters of the receiving end through the No. 2 port and the No. 3 port, and because the working frequency of the filter of the transmitting end is positioned at the stop band of the working frequency of the filter of the receiving end, the signals of the No. 2 and the No. 3 ports of the coupler of the receiving end are totally reflected; and then the two paths of signals are combined into one path of signal through a coupler of the receiving end and the one path of signal is input into the terahertz antenna through a No. 1 port of the coupler of the receiving end and is transmitted to a free space.
While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.

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1. A terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiving front end is characterized by comprising a transmitting end and a receiving end; the transmitting end and the receiving end respectively comprise a coupling unit, a filtering unit and a frequency mixing unit which are connected in sequence; the coupling unit of the transmitting end is connected with the coupling unit of the receiving end; the working frequency of the filtering unit of the receiving end is positioned in a stop band of the working frequency of the filtering unit of the transmitting end;
the frequency mixing unit of the transmitting end is used for modulating the input I, Q two paths of intermediate frequency signals into I, Q two paths of terahertz signals, and the coupling unit of the transmitting end is used for synthesizing I, Q two paths of terahertz signals into a single path of terahertz signals; the coupling unit of the receiving end is used for separating the received single-path terahertz signals into I, Q two-path terahertz signals, and the frequency mixing unit of the receiving end is used for demodulating I, Q two-path terahertz signals into I, Q two-path intermediate frequency signals.
2. The front-end of claim 1, wherein the two mixing units each comprise an I-channel mixing module and a Q-channel mixing module;
the I-path frequency mixing module and the Q-path frequency mixing module respectively comprise a radio frequency input port, a radio frequency probe, a Schottky diode pair, a local oscillator filter, a local oscillator input port, a local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer, an intermediate frequency filter and an intermediate frequency output port; the radio frequency probe, the Schottky diode pair, the local oscillator filter, the local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer and the intermediate frequency filter are sequentially connected; radio frequency input port sets up radio frequency probe department, local oscillator input port sets up local oscillator intermediate frequency duplexer department, intermediate frequency output port sets up intermediate frequency filter department.
3. The thz frequency division duplex I/Q modem transceiver front-end of claim 2, wherein two schottky diodes of the schottky diode pair are connected in anti-parallel.
4. The front-end of claim 2, wherein the two filtering units each comprise an I-path filter and a Q-path filter;
the input end of the I-path filter of the transmitting end is connected with the intermediate frequency output port of the I-path mixing module of the transmitting end, and the input end of the Q-path filter of the transmitting end is connected with the intermediate frequency output port of the Q-path mixing module of the transmitting end;
the output end of the I-path filter of the receiving end is connected with the radio frequency input port of the I-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end, and the output end of the Q-path filter of the receiving end is connected with the radio frequency input port of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end.
5. The terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modem transceiving front end of claim 4, wherein both of the coupling units comprise a coupler;
the port 3 of the coupler at the transmitting end is connected with the output port of the I-path filter at the transmitting end, the port 2 of the coupler is connected with the output port of the Q-path filter, and the port 1 of the coupler is connected with the port 4 of the coupler at the receiving end;
and the No. 2 port of the coupler of the receiving end is connected with the input port of the I-path filter of the receiving end, and the No. 3 port of the coupler of the receiving end is connected with the input port of the Q-path filter of the coupler of the receiving end.
6. The front-end of claim 5, wherein the transmitter further comprises a matching load, the matching load is configured to absorb the I-way terahertz signal of the transmitter, and the matching load is connected to port 4 of the coupler of the transmitter.
7. The thz frequency division duplex I/Q modem transceiving front end of claim 5, wherein the receiving end further comprises an antenna, the antenna is used for receiving or transmitting thz signals, and the antenna is connected to port 1 of the coupler of the receiving end.
8. The front end of the terahertz frequency division duplex I/Q modulation-demodulation transceiver of claim 2, wherein the transmitting end and the receiving end both further comprise a local oscillator power divider;
the input ports of the two local oscillator power dividers are both used for accessing local oscillator input signals, and two output ports of the local oscillator power divider at the transmitting end are respectively connected with the local oscillator input port of the I-path frequency mixing module and the local oscillator input port of the Q-path frequency mixing module at the transmitting end; two output ports of the local oscillator power divider of the receiving end are respectively connected with a local oscillator input port of the I-path frequency mixing module and a local oscillator input port of the Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end.
9. The front-end according to claim 2, wherein the transmitter further comprises a first baseband signal processing platform for inputting an intermediate frequency signal to the transmitter, the first baseband signal processing platform is provided with two output ports, and the two output ports are respectively connected to the rf input port of the I-channel mixing module and the rf input port of the Q-channel mixing module of the transmitter.
10. The front end of claim 2, wherein the receiving end further comprises a second baseband signal processing platform for processing two paths of intermediate frequency signals I, Q, which are used for frequency conversion of a frequency mixing unit of the receiving end, and the second baseband signal processing platform is provided with two input ports, and the two input ports are respectively connected to an intermediate frequency output port of an I-path frequency mixing module and an intermediate frequency output port of a Q-path frequency mixing module of the receiving end.
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