SOI CMOS Implementation of a Multirate PSK Demodulator for Space Communications

Author

Yuce, Mehmet Rasit ; Liu, Wentai ; Damiano, John ; Bharath, Bhaskar ; Franzon, Paul D. ; Dogan, Numan S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW

Volume

54

Issue

2

fYear

2007

Firstpage

420

Lastpage

431

Abstract

A low-power phase-shift keying demodulator integrated circuit (IC) has been implemented using silicon-on-insulator CMOS technology for deep space and satellite applications. The demodulator employs double differential detection to increase its robustness to the Doppler shift caused by the movement of the space vehicle and sampling technique with 1-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) at the front to reduce the complexity and power dissipation. In particular, digital decimation is used after sampling to achieve a low power implementation of multirate transmission. Operating at ultra-high-frequency (435 MHz), the receiver system supports a wide range of data rates (0.1-100 Kbps). From test results, the power consumption of the demodulator circuit including the 1-bit ADC is below 1 mW for data rates up to 100 Kbps

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Doppler shift; analogue-digital conversion; demodulators; low-power electronics; phase shift keying; satellite communication; silicon-on-insulator; space communication links; 1 bit; 435 MHz; Doppler shift; SOI CMOS implementation; analog-to-digital converter; deep space applications; digital decimation; double differential detection; low-power phase-shift keying demodulator integrated circuit; multirate PSK demodulator; satellite applications; silicon-on-insulator CMOS technology; space communications; space vehicle; symbol timing circuit; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit testing; Demodulation; Integrated circuit technology; Phase shift keying; Sampling methods; Silicon on insulator technology; Space technology; Differential detection; multirate; phase-shift keying (PSK); sampling; space communications; symbol timing circuit;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1549-8328

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCSI.2006.885988

Filename

4089134