• DocumentCode
    3697921
  • Title

    A symbol-duty-cycled 440 pJ/b impulse radio receiver with 0.57 aJ sensitivity in 130 nm CMOS

  • Author

    Daniele Vogrig;Andrea Bevilacqua;Andrea Gerosa;Andrea Neviani

  • Author_Institution
    DEI, University of Padova, Italy
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    5/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    243
  • Lastpage
    246
  • Abstract
    A non-coherent 130nm CMOS UWB impulse radio receiver for ultra-low energy consumption applications is presented. The receiver supports a 4.4 Mb/s data rate employing 2-PPM modulation, with a sensitivity of 0.57 aJ. Implementing symbol-level duty-cycling, such an outstanding performance is attained at an energy consumption of only 440 pJ/b.
  • Keywords
    "Receivers","Synchronization","Sensitivity","Mixers","Partial discharges","Impedance matching","Bit error rate"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2015 IEEE
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.2015.7337750
  • Filename
    7337750