A low cost ultra-wideband pulse transceiver

Author

Herrera, Brandon J. ; Jean, Buford Randall

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Eng., Baylor Univ., Waco, TX, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

7-9 March 2010

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

74

Abstract

A low cost pulse transceiver has been developed for measuring the electrical properties of materials. The transceiver generates an ultra wide band (UWB) pulse as well as samples the received pulse. The pulse generator has been designed using a silicon-germanium (SiGe) analog comparator which is a possible alternative to step recovery diodes. The pulse is received by an extended time sampling circuit. The sampling circuit presented is an alternative design that does not require the use of a broadband balun.

Keywords

comparators (circuits); pulse generators; transceivers; ultra wideband communication; extended time sampling circuit; pulse generator; silicon-germanium analog comparator; ultra wideband pulse transceiver; Circuits; Costs; Electric variables measurement; Germanium silicon alloys; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Sampling methods; Silicon germanium; Transceivers; Ultra wideband technology; pulse generator; pulse spectroscopy; sampling; ultra wide band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Theory (SSST), 2010 42nd Southeastern Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tyler, TX

ISSN

0094-2898

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5690-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSST.2010.5442895

Filename

5442895