Journal of Radio Electronics. eISSN 1684-1719. 2024. №1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2024.1.7
Structure and optical components
of the transceiver module for organizing
an underwater wireless optical
data transmission system
I.B. Shirokov, V.V. Golovin, E.A. Redkina,
I.V. Serdyuk, P.P. Ovcharov
Sevastopol State University,
299053, Russia, Sevastopol, Universitetskaya str., 33
The paper was received November 14, 2023.
Abstract. In the paper, the results of theoretical study of a wireless optical data transmission channel, as well as experimental study of its characteristics, taking into account different configurations of the optical component base of receiving and transmitting modules, were presented. The model of the wireless underwater optical communication channel with pulse-position modulation (4 bits per symbol) of digital data traffic with 100 Mbps is proposed. The model showed that to organize a communication channel on a 10 m path, the use of an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is requires (the amount is up to 20 LEDs). For this case, a sufficiently large route budget will be provided, even with additional factor that reduce the efficiency of light propagation in seawater. The LEDs were chosen to organize the data transmission channel, since they have a wide radiation pattern and allow the implementation of a relatively simple driver circuit. The required optical radiation power is realized with the use of an array of LEDs. Schematic diagrams of the LEDs driver and power supply for the receiving and transmitting modules have been designed. A measuring layout with optical transmitter and receiver blocks has been implemented. The test signal is a regular sequence of pulses with a duty cycle of 2, and a frequency of 1 MHz. In the receiving module, the signal from the output of the pin photodiode is amplified using a wideband operational amplifier. Sets of 3 pin photodiodes and 10 LEDs were selected and tests were carried out to determine options for optical components that provide the best time characteristics of the output electrical signal in terms of delay time, rising and falling edges of pulses in a wireless optical airborne communication channel. Also, measurements were done on an air path with a length of 0.25-3 m using one or two LEDs as part of the transmitting module. It has been experimentally confirmed that the organization of a communication channel with a length of up to 10 m requires about 15-20 light-emitting diodes. Further study involves the designing and testing of a driver for the LEDs array and a prototype transceiver module.
Key words: wireless underwater communication, visible light communication, light emitting diode driver, model of a wireless underwater optical communication channel.
Corresponding author: Golovin Vladislav Victorovich, v_golovin@mail.ru
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For citation:
Shirokov I.B., Golovin V.V., Redkina E.A., Serdyuk I.V., Ovcharov P.P Structure and element base of the transceiver module for organizing an underwater wireless optical data transmission system. // Journal of Radio Electronics. – 2024. – №. 1. https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2024.1.7 (In Russian)