Title :
A high band non-coherent impulse radio UWB receiver
Author :
Klymenko, Oleksiy ; Fischer, Gunter ; Martynenko, Denys
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Innovative Mikroelektron. (IHP), Frankfurt Oder
Abstract :
This paper describes a monolithic integrated non-coherent receiver intended for impulse radio (IR) Ultra-wide band (UWB) applications including indoor communication and indoor localization. The receiver operates in the higher UWB band centered at 7.68 GHz and it is optimized for a pulse bandwidth of about 1.5 GHz. The overall gain of the receiver amplification chain can be set up to 56 dB in 16 steps via a digital 4-bit interface. A dedicated ldquoleading edgerdquo-detector supports precise indoor localization in conjunction with an appropriate UWB transmitter. A fast comparator indicates the exceeding received signal beyond a threshold set by an internal digital-to-analogue converter (DAC). The circuit was fabricated in 0.25 mum SiGe:C BiCMOS technology.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; carbon; digital-analogue conversion; radio receivers; silicon compounds; ultra wideband communication; BiCMOS technology; SiGe:C; UWB radio; UWB transmitter; bandwidth 1.5 GHz; digital-to-analogue converter; frequency 7.68 GHz; impulse radio ultra-wide band application; indoor communication; indoor localization; leading edge detector; monolithic integrated noncoherent receiver; pulse bandwidth; receiver amplification chain; size 0.25 mum; Bandwidth; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Data communication; Dynamic range; Logistics; Narrowband; Radio frequency; Receivers; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless sensor networks; Ultra-wide band; impulse radio; non-coherent receiver;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra-Wideband, 2008. ICUWB 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hannover
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2216-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1827-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICUWB.2008.4653408
