Title :
Low-power UWB pulse generators for biomedical implants
Author :
Novak, Ondrej ; Charles, Cameron
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
Four low-power ultra-wide band (UWB) pulse generators for biomedical implants are investigated in this paper. The designs presented have no static power dissipation and start-up times in the neighborhood of 200 ps. All four designs were simulated and three were also fabricated in a modern 65 nm CMOS process. Measured data is also presented. The designs were evaluated for the best performance in a low-power UWB transmitter employing pulse-position modulation.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; prosthetics; pulse generators; pulse position modulation; radio transmitters; ultra wideband communication; CMOS process; biomedical implants; low-power UWB pulse generators; low-power UWB transmitter; pulse-position modulation; size 60 nm; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Circuits; FCC; Implants; Power dissipation; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Transmitters; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra-Wideband, 2009. ICUWB 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2930-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2931-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICUWB.2009.5288810
