A 915MHz, 6Mb/s, 80pJ/b BFSK receiver with −76dBm sensitivity for high data rate wireless sensor networks

Author

Ronghua Ni ; Mayaram, K. ; Fiez, Terri S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of EECS, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

10-13 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A mixer-less low energy BFSK receiver for wireless sensor networks is presented. Q-enhanced frequency-to-amplitude conversion and linear amplification at RF frequencies provide a large conversion gain and high data rates, leading to improved sensitivity and energy efficiency. Fabricated in a 0.13 μm CMOS process, the 915 MHz receiver, with integrated digital calibration, demonstrates a sensitivity of -90 dBm at 500 kb/s and an energy efficiency of 80 pJ/b at 6 Mb/s.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; UHF detectors; UHF integrated circuits; amplification; calibration; frequency shift keying; radio receivers; wireless sensor networks; CMOS process; Q-enhanced frequency-to-amplitude conversion; bit rate 500 kbit/s; bit rate 6 Mbit/s; energy efficiency; frequency 915 MHz; high data rate wireless sensor network; integrated digital calibration; linear amplification; mixer-less low energy BFSK receiver; size 0.13 mum; Calibration; Energy efficiency; Frequency conversion; Frequency shift keying; Receivers; Sensitivity; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers, 2014 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3327-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VLSIC.2014.6858384

Filename

6858384