Title :
A 9-psec differential lens-less digital-to-impulse radiator with a programmable delay line in silicon
Author :
Assefzadeh, M. Mahdi ; Babakhani, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, a lens-less digital-to-impulse radiator is implemented that radiates impulses with EIRP of 10dBm and a record pulse-width of shorter than 9psec using an on-chip differential inverted cone antenna. It is shown that the starting time of the radiated impulses can be locked to the edge of the input trigger with high timing accuracy. A digitally programmable delay line is implemented and used at the input of the radiator. The delay line has a resolution step of 150fs and a dynamic range of 400ps. It is shown that by programming the delay line, the starting time of the radiated impulses in the air can be controlled.
Keywords :
antennas; delay lines; elemental semiconductors; silicon; EIRP; Si; differential lens-less digital-to-impulse radiator; digitally programmable delay line; input trigger edge; on-chip differential inverted cone antenna; time 150 fs; time 400 ps; time 9 ps; Antenna measurements; Delay lines; Delays; Receiving antennas; Semiconductor device measurement; System-on-chip; Time-domain analysis; BiCMOS; Differential Inverted Cone Antenna; Digital Delay Line; Direct Digital-to-Impulse Transmitter; Inverted Cone Antenna; On-chip Antenna; Picosecond Impulse Radiation; SOI CMOS; SiGe;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3862-9
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851727
