Title :
A 10 mW Bluetooth Low-Energy Transceiver With On-Chip Matching
Author :
Prummel, Jan ; Papamichail, Michail ; Willms, John ; Todi, Rahul ; Aartsen, William ; Kruiskamp, Wim ; Haanstra, Johan ; Opbroek, Enno ; Rievers, Soren ; Seesink, Peter ; van Gorsel, Jan ; Woering, Harrie ; Smit, Chris
Author_Institution :
Dialog Semicond. B.V., S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Abstract :
A mass-produced Bluetooth Low-Energy transceiver is presented in classic double frequency VCO architecture fabricated in TSMC 55 nm CMOS. The radio part occupies 2.9 mm2 while the complete SoC occupies 5.9 mm2. The transceiver consumes 11 mW when receiving at -94 dBm and 10 mW when transmitting at 0 dBm. This is roughly a factor 2 lower than benchmark mass-produced designs. The power consumption is higher than recently published experimental sliding-IF designs, but it does not suffer from their inherent susceptibility to blocking and pulling. Easy application is enabled by a fully integrated single-ended 50 Ω RFIO and combined Buck- and Boost-mode DC-DC converter.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; CMOS integrated circuits; DC-DC power convertors; radio transceivers; system-on-chip; voltage-controlled oscillators; RFIO; SoC; TSMC 55 nm CMOS; boost-mode DC-DC converter; buck-mode DC-DC converter; classic double frequency VCO architecture; mass-produced Bluetooth low-energy transceiver; on-chip matching; power 10 mW; power 11 mW; power consumption; resistance 50 ohm; size 55 nm; Capacitors; DC-DC power converters; Inductors; Power demand; Radio frequency; System-on-chip; Transceivers; Bluetooth low-energy (BLE); CMOS integrated circuits; ISM band; Internet of Things (IoT); low-power transceiver; system-on-a-chip (SoC); wireless sensor networks;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSSC.2015.2469674
