A 0.13-μm CMOS Ultra-Low Power Front-End Receiver for Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Chen, Wenjian ; Copani, Tino ; Barnaby, Hugh J. ; Kiaei, Sayfe

Author_Institution

Arizona State Univ., Tempe

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 June 2007

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

108

Abstract

This paper presents an ultra-low power monolithic CMOS RF receiver, consisting of current re-use common gate LNA with inductive feedback g_m-boosting, and followed by balanced I/Q mixers. The receiver is fabricated in a 0.13-mum CMOS digital process operating at 2.45 GHZ. The measurement results show that the RF receiver achieves a gain of 20 dB and a noise figure of 7.5 dB at 2 MHz. Input 1-dB compression point is -19 dBm and IIP3 is -10 tlBm, with 0.4 mA total current consumption from a 1.5-V supply.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; optical receivers; wireless sensor networks; CMOS ultra low power; balanced I/Q mixers; current 0.4 mA; frequency 2 MHz; frequency 2.45 GHz; front end receiver; noise figure 7.5 dB; size 0.13 mum; total current consumption; wireless sensor networks; Carbon capture and storage; Energy consumption; Feedback; Linearity; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Receivers; Remote monitoring; Wireless sensor networks; Low power; current reuse; low noise amplifier (LNA); mixer; noise figure; transformer feedback;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0530-0

Electronic_ISBN

1529-2517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2007.380843

Filename

4266391