A new integrated monocycle generator and transmitter for ultra-wideband (UWB) communications

Author

Azakkour, A. ; Regis, M. ; Pourchet, F. ; Alquie, Georges

Author_Institution

ACCO S.A., St-Germain-En-Laye, France

fYear

2005

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

82

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a gated pulse generator incorporating two modulation schemes for use in an ultra-wideband impulse radio system. A pseudo-noise sequence prescaler modulates the impulses with specific modulation schemes, such as pulse position, bi-phase modulation or the combination of both. The resulting gated monocycle generator is designed in Jazz Semiconductor BiCMOS SiGe technology. Measurements validate the circuit operation over a supply voltage of 2.7 V and a power consumption of 243 mW. The output monocycles approximate Gaussian monocycles, having a pulse duration of 250 ps. Proper modulations in time are confirmed.

Keywords

phase shift keying; prescalers; pulse generators; pulse position modulation; radio transmitters; ultra wideband communication; 2.7 V; 243 mW; 250 ps; BPSK; BiCMOS; Gaussian monocycles; PPM; SiGe; UWB communications; bi-phase modulation; gated pulse generator; impulse radio; integrated monocycle generator; pseudo-noise sequence prescaler; pulse duration; pulse position modulation; ultra-wideband transmitter; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Energy consumption; Germanium silicon alloys; Power measurement; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Radio transmitters; Silicon germanium; Ultra wideband technology; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Frequency integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2005. Digest of Papers. 2005 IEEE

ISSN

1529-2517

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8983-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFIC.2005.1489592

Filename

1489592