A 3.9 pJ/pulse differential IR-UWB pulse generator in 90 nm CMOS

Author

Lee, Kin Keung ; Naess, Oivind ; Lande, Tor Sverre

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Univ. of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

fYear

2011

fDate

6-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

118

Abstract

A low-power impulse radio (IR) ultra wideband (UWB) pulse generator (PG) for low-data-rate (LDR) applications is presented. Different constraints on LDR IR-UWB systems are analyzed. A new differential IR-UWB PG structure is proposed, it utilizes polarization property of antennas to increase the output power. The PG is power-efficient since it does not have precise high-frequency carrier generators. Also, it contains only digital circuits, which is very beneficial for modern CMOS technology. The PG is realized in a TSMC 90 nm CMOS process. Measurements show the energy consumption from a 1.2 V supply to be 3.9 pj/pulse for 5-80 MHz pulse repetition frequency (PRF). The core area is 0.0011 mm² (26 μm × 42 μm).

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; antennas; energy consumption; polarisation; pulse generators; ultra wideband communication; TSMC CMOS process; antennas; digital circuit; energy consumption; frequency 5 MHz to 80 MHz; impulse radio ultra wideband pulse generator; low-data-rate application; polarization property; pulse differential IR-UWB pulse generator; pulse repetition frequency; size 90 nm; voltage 1.2 V; Antennas; CMOS integrated circuits; Energy consumption; FCC; Power generation; Pulse generation; Wireless sensor networks; CMOS; IR; RFID; UWB; pulse generator; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics and Electronics (PrimeAsia), 2011 Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in

Conference_Location

Macau

ISSN

2159-2144

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1608-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PrimeAsia.2011.6075084

Filename

6075084