Multi-channel 180pJ/b 2.4GHz FBAR-based receiver

Author

Nadeau, Phillip M. ; Paidimarri, Arun ; Mercier, Patrick P. ; Chandrakasan, Anantha P.

Author_Institution

Microsyst. Technol. Labs., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

17-19 June 2012

Firstpage

381

Lastpage

384

Abstract

A three-channel 2.4GHz OOK receiver is designed in 65nm CMOS and leverages MEMS to enable multiple sub-channels of operation within a band at a very low energy per received bit. The receive chain features an LNA/mixer architecture that efficiently multiplexes signal pathways without degrading the quality factor of the resonators. The single-balanced mixer and ultra-low power ring oscillator convert the signal to IF, where it is efficiently amplified to enable envelope detection. The receiver consumes a total of 180pJ/b from a 0.7V supply while achieving a BER=10^-3 sensitivity of -67dBm at a 1Mb/s data rate.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Q-factor; UHF mixers; UHF resonators; acoustic resonators; amplitude shift keying; bulk acoustic wave devices; low noise amplifiers; micromechanical devices; radio receivers; CMOS design; LNA-mixer architecture; MEMS; bit rate 1 Mbit/s; envelope detection; film bulk acoustic resonator; frequency 2.4 GHz; multichannel FBAR-based receiver; resonator quality factor; single-balanced mixer; size 65 nm; three-channel OOK receiver; ultralow-power ring oscillator; voltage 0.7 V; Film bulk acoustic resonators; Mixers; Radio frequency; Receivers; Sensitivity; Tuning; Wireless sensor networks; Body sensor networks; CMOS; envelope detector; film bulk acoustic resonators; low power electronics; radio frequency integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0413-9

Electronic_ISBN

1529-2517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2012.6242304

Filename

6242304