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Abstract

The amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) signal transmission of time modulated linear arrays (TMLA) is studied in this paper. The signal with a certain bandwidth received by a TMLA is time modulated by RF switches, generating many sideband signals at multiples of the time modulation frequency and each of them has the same bandwidth as the original signal. The AM and FM signals received by the TMLA were analyzed, and the requirements of the time modulation frequency for the recovery of the original signal is presented. Simulation results show that the time modulation frequency of the TMLA should be equal to or greater than the bandwidth of the original signal and a band-pass filter (BPF) has to be used to recover the original signal.

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Dr. Gang Li

Professor Shiwen Yang

Professor Zhiqin Zhao

Professor Zai-Ping Nie