Design and Implementation of a Tuned Analog Front-End for Extending VLC Transmission Range

Majed Basha; Martin J.N. Sibley; Peter J. Mather; Aliyu Makama

doi:10.1109/iCCECOME.2018.8658815

Design and Implementation of a Tuned Analog Front-End for Extending VLC Transmission Range

Majed Basha, Martin J.N. Sibley, Peter J. Mather, Aliyu Makama

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Abstract

Visible Light Communication (VLC) is challenged by two main drawbacks: ambient light interference and the transmission range. To overcome these drawbacks, we propose an On Off Keying (OOK) based tuned VLC Analog Front-End (AFE) using simple and low-cost electronic circuity. The proposed VLC receiver architecture consists of a transimpedance amplifier and a fourth order Multiple Feed Back (MFB) band pass filter. The filter is designed with high gain and high-quality factor (Q) for a specified center (resonant) frequency. The system performance was measured in terms of Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) at two different resonant frequencies. Experimental results show that the proposed VLC front-end is able to extend the transmission range from 60cm to 2.2m without any form of lensing at either transmitter or receiver. The receiver also showed robustness against ambient light interference. A data rate of 20kbps over a distance of 1.8m with a bit error rate (BER) <10^-9 was successfully achieved.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2018 International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering, iCCECE 2018
Editors	Peter S. Excell, Maaruf Ali, Andrew Jones, Safeeullah Soomro, Mahdi H. Miraz
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	173-177
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538649046
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/iCCECOME.2018.8658815
Publication status	Published - 7 Mar 2019
Event	1st IEEE International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering - Southend, United Kingdom Duration: 16 Aug 2018 → 17 Aug 2018 Conference number: 1

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Conference	1st IEEE International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Abbreviated title	iCCECE 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Southend
Period	16/08/18 → 17/08/18

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Basha, M., Sibley, M. J. N., Mather, P. J., & Makama, A. (2019). Design and Implementation of a Tuned Analog Front-End for Extending VLC Transmission Range. In P. S. Excell, M. Ali, A. Jones, S. Soomro, & M. H. Miraz (Eds.), Proceedings - 2018 International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering, iCCECE 2018 (pp. 173-177). [8658815] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/iCCECOME.2018.8658815

Basha, Majed ; Sibley, Martin J.N. ; Mather, Peter J. et al. / Design and Implementation of a Tuned Analog Front-End for Extending VLC Transmission Range. Proceedings - 2018 International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering, iCCECE 2018. editor / Peter S. Excell ; Maaruf Ali ; Andrew Jones ; Safeeullah Soomro ; Mahdi H. Miraz. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 173-177

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Basha, M, Sibley, MJN, Mather, PJ & Makama, A 2019, Design and Implementation of a Tuned Analog Front-End for Extending VLC Transmission Range. in PS Excell, M Ali, A Jones, S Soomro & MH Miraz (eds), Proceedings - 2018 International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering, iCCECE 2018., 8658815, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 173-177, 1st IEEE International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Southend, United Kingdom, 16/08/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/iCCECOME.2018.8658815

Design and Implementation of a Tuned Analog Front-End for Extending VLC Transmission Range. / Basha, Majed; Sibley, Martin J.N.; Mather, Peter J. et al.

Proceedings - 2018 International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering, iCCECE 2018. ed. / Peter S. Excell; Maaruf Ali; Andrew Jones; Safeeullah Soomro; Mahdi H. Miraz. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 173-177 8658815.

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Basha M, Sibley MJN, Mather PJ, Makama A. Design and Implementation of a Tuned Analog Front-End for Extending VLC Transmission Range. In Excell PS, Ali M, Jones A, Soomro S, Miraz MH, editors, Proceedings - 2018 International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Communications Engineering, iCCECE 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 173-177. 8658815 doi: 10.1109/iCCECOME.2018.8658815

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