A fully integrated 19 pJ/pulse UWB transmitter for biomedical applications implemented in 65 nm CMOS technology

Author

Novak, Ondrej ; Charles, Cameron ; Brown, Richard B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

75

Abstract

A fully integrated power-efficient CMOS pulsed ultra-wideband (I-UWB) transmitter for biomedical applications operating in the 3 - 5 GHz band is implemented in a 65 nm CMOS technology. The UWB transmitter adopts a low-complexity ring oscillator-based pulse generator architecture and pulse-position-modulation (PPM) for increased power efficiency and minimal silicon area. The transmitter consumes zero static bias power and achieves an energy efficiency of 19 pJ/pulse at 200 MHz pulse repetition frequency (PRF) while occupying 68 × 68 μm² of silicon area.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; biomedical electronics; biomedical materials; prosthetics; pulse generators; pulse position modulation; radio transmitters; silicon; ultra wideband communication; CMOS pulsed ultrawideband transmitter; CMOS technology; biomedical application; energy efficiency; frequency 3 GHz to 5 GHz; fully integrated UWB transmitter; low power wireless communication; power efficiency; pulse generator architecture; pulse position modulation; pulse repetition frequency; ring oscillator; silicon; size 65 nm; zero static bias power; Bandwidth; Biomedical measurements; Pulse generation; Ring oscillators; Solid state circuits; Transmitters; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bologna

ISSN

2162-6588

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1763-5

Electronic_ISBN

2162-6588

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2011.6058925

Filename

6058925