Transceiver circuits for pulse-based ultra-wideband

Author

Terada, Takahide ; Yoshizumi, Shingo ; Sanada, Yukitoshi ; Kuroda, Tadahiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

23-26 May 2004

Abstract

In this paper a single chip CMOS front-end transceiver for ultra-wideband (UWB) radio is presented. This is the first paper to present whole transceiver circuits for pulse based UWB. The transceiver consists of mostly digital circuits except the LNA and mixer which are simulated for 0.18 μm CMOS technology. The power consumption of LNA can be reduced by switching the bias current which is the advantage of the discontinuous feature of the pulse based UWB. The receiver design is tested against PVT variations by running Monte-Carlo simulations. As per the results, the power consumption of the transceiver is 0.44 mW at 10 Mpps (pulse per sec) and 2.5 mW at 50 Mpps.

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; Monte Carlo methods; UHF amplifiers; broadband networks; digital circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; integrated circuit testing; mixers (circuits); power consumption; switching; transceivers; wideband amplifiers; 0.18 micron; 0.44 mW; 2.5 mW; CMOS technology; LNA; Monte Carlo simulations; bias current switching; digital circuits; jitter; mixer; offset timing; power consumption; pulse based ultra wideband radio; receiver design testing; single chip CMOS front end transceiver; transceiver circuits; transistor length; Digital circuits; Dipole antennas; Energy consumption; Frequency; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse circuits; Receiving antennas; Transceivers; Ultra wideband technology; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8251-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329012

Filename

1329012