BPSK Modulator for RFID measurement problem

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However, i unable to measure the modulated signal.
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Do you see any reason, why the circuit should operate as a modulator? I assume a drawing error.
 

In the circuit as shown, M2 is shorting the output.
 

Why M2 is shorting the output? According to the journal, M2 works as a resistor so that negligible power at antenna goes to modulator.

I feed a carrier (900MHz) at Cout and i measure my output at the same point using bi-port. Is the way i measure wrong or correct?

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I think you should use a model of your antenna (probably an RLC), connected in parallel to Cout, receiving the carrier frequency (900 MHz). Then you should measure the scattered signal by means of a directional coupler.
 

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The RLC circuit for antenna model is series RLC or parallel RLC?

I am using Mentor Graphics for my simulation. Can I know how to construct the directional coupler in Mentor Graphics?
 

It depends from the antenna type you are going to use: an open dipole can be seen as a series RLC, a loop antenna, insetead, by means of a parallel RLC. These models are a first oredr approximation of the actual model and are valid close to the resonance. I never used mentor Graphic simulator, so I don't know how to model a directional coupler. I'm thinkink, if you can use an alternative method.
 

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Is it the output waveform correct?
I measured the waveform between the antenna model and the modulator.

 

The waveform is in principle quite correct, beacuse you have a phase reversal at each transition, but it seems that there is some amplitude issue. Just a couple of things:

1) the data-rate, in your simulation, is very high: the same as the carrier frequency. I think you should reduce it to have a better idea about amplitude distortion when the transition occours.

2) If you send to the modulator pseudo-random datas, instead of a clock, you should be able to see also the eye-diagram using accumulated plots.

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I used a lower data rate for my simulation. I found out that the amplitude is overshoot at the transitions.
How to overcome the amplitude problem?

 

The edges of you data signal are very sharp. I think a transmission filter should be used on data before they are sent to the modulator. You can just try to slow the rise/fall time of the data generator in your simulation. You can also try to reduce the Q of the system putting a low-value resistor in series to the antenna.
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