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System object: phased.ReceiverPreamp
Namespace: phased

Receive incoming signal

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Syntax

Y = step(H,X)
Y = step(H,X,EN_RX)
Y = step(H,X,PHNOISE)
Y = step(H,X,EN_RX,PHNOISE)

Description

Note

Starting in R2016b, instead of using the step method to perform the operation defined by the System object™, you can call the object with arguments, as if it were a function. For example, y = step(obj,x) and y = obj(x) perform equivalent operations.

Y = step(H,X) applies the receiver gain and the receiver noise to the input signal, X, and returns the resulting output signal, Y.

Y = step(H,X,EN_RX) uses input EN_RX as the enabling signal when the EnableInputPort property is set to true.

Y = step(H,X,PHNOISE) uses input PHNOISE as the phase noise for each sample in X when the PhaseNoiseInputPort is set to true. The phase noise is the same for all channels in X. The elements in PHNOISE represent the random phases the transmitter adds to the transmitted pulses. The receiver preamp object removes these random phases from all received samples returned within corresponding pulse intervals. Such setup is often referred to as coherent on receive.

Y = step(H,X,EN_RX,PHNOISE) combines all input arguments. This syntax is available when you configure H so that H.EnableInputPort is true and H.PhaseNoiseInputPort is true.

Note

The object performs an initialization the first time the object is executed. This initialization locks nontunable properties and input specifications, such as dimensions, complexity, and data type of the input data. If you change a nontunable property or an input specification, the System object issues an error. To change nontunable properties or inputs, you must first call the release method to unlock the object.

Input Arguments

H

Receiver object.

X

Input signal

The size of the first dimension of the input matrix can vary to simulate a changing signal length. A size change can occur, for example, in the case of a pulse waveform with variable pulse repetition frequency.

EN_RX

Enabling signal, specified as a column vector whose length equals the number of rows in X. The data type of EN_RN is double or logical. Every element of EN_RX that equals 0 or false indicates that the receiver is turned off, and no input signal passes through the receiver. Every element of EN_RX that is nonzero or true indicates that the receiver is turned on, and the input passes through.

PHNOISE

Phase noise for each sample in X, specified as a column vector whose length equals the number of rows in X. You can obtain PHNOISE as an optional output argument from the step method of phased.Transmitter.

Output Arguments

Y

Output signal. Y has the same dimensions as X.

Examples

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This example shows how to construct a phased.ReceiverPreamp System object™ with a noise figure of 5 dB and a bandwidth of 1 MHz. Then use the object to amplify the signal.

Construct the Receiver Preamp System object.

receiver = phased.ReceiverPreamp('NoiseFigure',5,'SampleRate',1e6);

Create the signal.

Fs = 1e3;
t = linspace(0,1,1e3);
x = cos(2*pi*200*t)';

Use the step method to amplify the signal and then plot the first 100 samples.

y = receiver(x);
idx = [1:100];
plot(t(idx),x(idx),t(idx),real(y(idx)))
xlabel('Time (s)')
ylabel('Amplitude')
legend('Original signal','Received signal')

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with xlabel Time (s), ylabel Amplitude contains 2 objects of type line. These objects represent Original signal, Received signal.