A 20Mb/s, 2.76 pJ/b UWB impulse radio TX with 11.7% efficiency in 130 nm CMOS

Author

Padovan, Fabio ; Bevilacqua, Andrea ; Neviani, Andrea

Author_Institution

DEI, Univ. of Padova, Padua, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

22-26 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

290

Abstract

An UWB impulse radio transmitter for ultra-low energy neural recording applications is proposed. The transmitter is designed for robust and efficient operation in the 7.25-8.5GHz band, supporting communication ranges in excess to 4m. Powered by a low-voltage 0.5V supply, prototypes in a 130 nm CMOS technology are able to transmit 2.76 pJ/b PPM-modulated pulses to the antenna at a 20Mb/s data rate with an outstanding 11.7% overall energy efficiency.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; energy conservation; microwave antennas; microwave oscillators; radio transmitters; ultra wideband communication; CMOS technology; PPM-modulated pulses; UWB impulse radio TX; UWB impulse radio transmitter; antenna; bit rate 20 Mbit/s; digitally controlled oscillator; efficiency 11.7 percent; frequency 7.25 GHz to 8.5 GHz; low-voltage supply; operation efficiency; overall energy efficiency; size 130 nm; supporting communication ranges; ultralow energy neural recording applications; voltage 0.5 V; Antennas; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Oscillators; Radio transmitters; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), ESSCIRC 2014 - 40th

Conference_Location

Venice Lido

ISSN

1930-8833

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5694-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESSCIRC.2014.6942078

Filename

6942078