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Digital-to-analog converter free architecture for digital reconfigurable intelligent surface

免数模转换的数字可重构智能超表面架构

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This research investigates the digital-to-analog converter (DAC) free architecture for the digital reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) system, where the transmission lines are implemented for reflection coefficient (RC) control to reduce power consumption. In the proposed architecture, the radio frequency (RF) switch based phase shifter is considered. By using a single-pole four-throw (SP4T) switch to simultaneously control the RCs of a group of elements, a 2-bit phase shifter is realized for passive beam steering. A novel modulation scheme is developed to explore the cost effectiveness, which approaches the performance of traditional quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). Specifically, to overcome the limitation of the phase shift bits, joint frequency-shift and phase-rotation operations are applied to the constellation points. The simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed architecture is capable of providing an ideal transmission performance. Moreover, 64- and 256-QAM modulation schemes could be implemented by expanding the elements and phase bits.

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本文研究用于数字可重构智能超表面系统的新型免数模转换架构. 其中, 微带传输线被用于反射系数控制, 从而降低系统功耗. 在所提架构中, 每个单刀4掷开关同时控制一组元件的反射系数以实现2位移相器. 为进一步降低成本, 提出一种新型调制方案, 该方案能获得接近传统正交幅度调制方案的性能. 为了突破相移位数的限制, 联合使用频移与相位旋转获得更多的星座点. 仿真结果和实验结果表明, 所提架构能够获得理想的传输性能. 进一步地, 可通过扩展智能超表面单元数量以及相移比特, 可实现64-QAM和256-QAM等高阶调制方案.

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Miaoran PENG designed the research. Miaoran PENG and Jinhao KAN processed the data. Miaoran PENG drafted the paper. Lixia XIAO, Guanghua LIU, and Jinhao KAN helped organize the paper. Miaoran PENG, Lixia XIAO, Guanghua LIU, and Tao JIANG revised and finalized the paper.

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Correspondence to Miaoran Peng  (彭淼然) or Lixia Xiao  (肖丽霞).

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Miaoran PENG, Jinhao KAN, Lixia XIAO, Guanghua LIU, and Tao JIANG declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2019YFB1803400)

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Peng, M., Kan, J., Xiao, L. et al. Digital-to-analog converter free architecture for digital reconfigurable intelligent surface. Front Inform Technol Electron Eng 24, 1752–1762 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.2300133

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