Title :
20.1-mW 8-Gbps UWB-IR millimeter-wave transmitter using an OOK pulse modulator based on CMOS inverters
Author :
Nakano, Shunsuke ; Katsurai, Hiroaki ; Togashi, Minoru ; Koizumi, Hirotaka ; Nogawa, Masafumi
Author_Institution :
Microsyst. Integration Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a low-power millimeter-wave ultra-wideband impulse radio (UWB-IR) transmitter using an on/off keying (OOK) pulse modulator for wireless connection or dielectric-waveguide interconnects. To achieve low-power consumption, we use a low-power OOK pulse modulator consisting of only four CMOS inverters and passive elements. The proposed transmitter was fabricated in 65-nm CMOS technology. It exhibits the maximum data rate of 8 Gbps, output power of -15.6 dBm, power consumption of 20.1 mW, and power efficiency of 2.5 mW/Gbps at an operating frequency of 50 GHz.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; amplitude shift keying; dielectric waveguides; invertors; millimetre wave devices; pulse modulation; radio transmitters; radiofrequency interconnections; 65-nm CMOS technology; CMOS Inverters; UWB-IR millimeter-wave transmitter; bit rate 8 Gbit/s; dielectric-waveguide interconnects; frequency 50 GHz; low-power OOK pulse modulator; low-power consumption; low-power millimeter-wave ultrawideband impulse radio transmitter; on-off keying pulse modulator; operating frequency; passive elements; power 20.1 mW; power consumption; power efficiency; wireless connection; Band-pass filters; CMOS integrated circuits; Millimeter wave technology; Modulation; Power demand; Radio transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3431-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2014.6865729
