An all-digital 12pJ/pulse 3.1–6.0GHz IR-UWB transmitter in 65nm CMOS

Author

Park, Youngmin ; Wentzloff, David D.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2010

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a fully integrated all-digital ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitter. All functional blocks in the transmitter are implemented with digital standard cells and automatically placed-and-routed (APR-ed) by design tools. The center frequency and the bandwidth of the UWB pulses are digitally tuned to compensate for variations, and a calibration scheme utilizing APR mismatch is explored. The transmitter is fabricated in a 65nm CMOS process, and occupies a core area of 0.036mm². The transmitter operates in the 3.1-6GHz UWB band, and the active energy consumption ranges from 12pJ/pulse to 38pJ/pulse.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; radio transmitters; ultra wideband communication; CMOS process; IR-UWB transmitter; UWB pulses; all-digital ultra wideband transmitter; frequency 3.1 GHz to 6 GHz; placed-and-routed mismatch; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Frequency control; Frequency measurement; Radio transmitters; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5305-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5306-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2010.5615627

Filename

5615627