A 2Gbps RF-correlation-based impulse-radio UWB transceiver front-end in 130nm CMOS

Lei Zhou*, Zhiming Chen, Chun Cheng Wang, Fred Tzeng, Vipul Jain, Payam Heydari

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Abstract

The design of a carrier-less RF-correlation-based IR-UWB TRX front-end in 130nm CMOS is presented. Timing synchronization and coherent demodulation are implemented directly in the RF domain, enabling energy-efficient wireless communication at Gb/s data rates. A 25ps timing resolution is achieved by a two-step synchronizer. Occupying 6.4mm2 chip area, the TRX achieves a maximum data rate of 2Gbps and an RX sensitivity of -64dBm with a BER of 10-5, while requiring only 51.5pJ/pulse in the TX mode and 72.9pJ/pulse in the RX mode.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2009 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2009
Pages65-68
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2009 - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: 7 Jun 20099 Jun 2009

Publication series

NameDigest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
ISSN (Print)1529-2517

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston, MA
Period7/06/099/06/09

Keywords

  • CMOS
  • Correlator
  • Edge combination
  • Impulse-radio (IR)-UWB
  • Pulse generator
  • RF front-end
  • Synchronization

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Zhou, L., Chen, Z., Wang, C. C., Tzeng, F., Jain, V., & Heydari, P. (2009). A 2Gbps RF-correlation-based impulse-radio UWB transceiver front-end in 130nm CMOS. In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2009 (pp. 65-68). Article 5135491 (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium). https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2009.5135491