Title :
A reconfigurable, 0.13µm CMOS 110pJ/pulse, fully integrated IR-UWB receiver for communication and sub-cm ranging
Author :
Verhelst, Marian ; Van Helleputte, Nick ; Gielen, Georges ; Dehaene, Wim
Author_Institution :
KU Leuven, Leuven
Abstract :
Impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) proved to be a strong candidate for energy-efficient communication and ranging, resulting in multiple low-energy IR-UWB implementations. Current state-of the art publications however only realize parts of a complete IR-UWB RX system, lacking either a digital back-end (DBE), an analog front-end (AFE) and/or algorithms for synchronization and ranging. A 110 pJ/pulse, single-chip IR-UWB receiver for operation in the 0 to 960 MHz band is presented in 0.13 mum CMOS.Wireless communication was demonstrated with a radio range in excess of 10 m, the furthest published for similar radios.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; radio receivers; ultra wideband communication; CMOS process; energy 110 pJ; energy-efficient communication; frequency 0 MHz to 960 MHz; fully-integrated IR-UWB receiver; impulse radio ultra-wideband receiver; size 0.13 mum; wireless communication; Clocks; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Frequency synchronization; Pulse measurements; Receivers; Solid state circuits; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference - Digest of Technical Papers, 2009. ISSCC 2009. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3458-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2009.4977402
