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Transmission of Signals Using White LEDs for VLC Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

P. Louro ,
V. Silva ,
J. Costa ,
M. A. Vieira  and
M. Vieira
P. Louro*
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1949-014 Lisboa, PortugalTel: +351 21 8317290, Fax: +351 21 8317114 CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
V. Silva
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1949-014 Lisboa, PortugalTel: +351 21 8317290, Fax: +351 21 8317114 CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
J. Costa
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1949-014 Lisboa, PortugalTel: +351 21 8317290, Fax: +351 21 8317114 CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
M. A. Vieira
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1949-014 Lisboa, PortugalTel: +351 21 8317290, Fax: +351 21 8317114 CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
M. Vieira
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1949-014 Lisboa, PortugalTel: +351 21 8317290, Fax: +351 21 8317114 CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal. DEE-FCT-UNL, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal
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*(Email: plouro@deetc.isel.ipl.pt)
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In this paper a photodetector working as an active optical filter device is used to detect modulated visible optical signals for applications based on Visible Light Communication (VLC). The proposed application demonstrates the viability of indoor positioning using VLC technology established by the modulation of indoor ultra-bright RGB white LEDs. The signals of the internal red and blue chips of the white LEDs were modulated at specific frequencies and the generated photocurrent was measured by a pin-pin photodetector based on a-SiC:H/a-Si:H. This device operates as a visible optical filter with controlled wavelength sensitivity through the use of adequate optical biasing light. Thus it is able to detect different wavelengths which allow the detection of the individual components of the tri-chromatic white LED. This possibility is the basis for the indoor location algorithm. We demonstrate the possibility of decoding four transmission optical channels supplied by two different wavelengths of white LEDs modulated under different bit sequences. The identification of the signals received by the photodetector allows the location identification of the photodetector position and supplies indoor navigation.

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semiconductingdevicesoptoelectronic
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 55: Electronics and Photonics , 2016 , pp. 3661 - 3666
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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