A 0.084 nJ/b FSK transmitter and 4.8 μW OOK receiver for ISM-band medical sensor networks

Author

Moradi, Amir ; Zgaren, M. ; Sawan, Mohamad

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Polytech. Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

16-19 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper concerns a high performance transmitter (Tx) and an ultra low-power receiver (Rx) dedicated to medical implant communications operating at Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency band. Tx benefits from a new efficient Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) modulation technique which provides more than 20 Mb/s of data-rate and consumes only 0.084 nJ/b validated through post-layout simulations using 1.2 V supply. The On-Off Keying (OOK) Rx consists of a noncoherent detection design based on envelope detector scheme. The proposed receiver was simulated with modulation index ranging from 60 to 100%. Data-rate of 2 Mb/s was achieved while consuming 4.8 μW from a 0.9 V supply. The proposed circuits are implemented in 90 nm CMOS technology.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; biomedical communication; frequency shift keying; modulation; radio transceivers; transmitters; wireless sensor networks; CMOS technology; FSK modulation technique; FSK transmitter; ISM band medical sensor networks; ISM frequency band; OOK receiver; envelope detector; frequency shift keying; high performance transmitter; industrial scientific and medical; medical implant communications; modulation index; on off keying; power 4.8 muW; power receiver; size 90 nm; voltage 0.9 V; voltage 1.2 V; wireless sensor networks; Frequency shift keying; Power demand; Receivers; Transceivers; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), 2013 IEEE 11th International

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0618-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEWCAS.2013.6573665

Filename

6573665