A current-steering DAC-Based CMOS ultra-wideband impulse generator

Author

Li, Ju-Ching ; Jung, Sungyong ; Lu, Mingyu ; Gui, Ping ; Joo, Youngjoong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

28-30 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

971

Lastpage

975

Abstract

In this paper, the design and simulation of a CMOS ultra-wideband pulse generator using TSMC 0.18 mum CMOS technology is presented. The operating frequency band of the pulse generator is from 3 to 10 GHz for the application of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications. The structure of the impulse generator is based on the current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The impulse generator has the feature of high-tunability and the simulation results show that the output of the impulse generator complies with the FCC regulations and has a power consumption of 27 mW at a 50 MHz pulse repetition rate (PRR).

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; digital-analogue conversion; microwave integrated circuits; pulse generators; ultra wideband communication; CMOS ultra-wideband impulse generator; current-steering DAC; digital-to-analog converter; frequency 3 GHz to 10 GHz; frequency 50 MHz; power 27 mW; power consumption; pulse repetition rate; size 0.18 mum; ultra-wideband communication; CMOS technology; Circuits; Energy consumption; FCC; Frequency; Ground penetrating radar; Passive filters; Power generation; Pulse generation; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Information Technology, 2009. ISCIT 2009. 9th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Icheon

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4521-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4522-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCIT.2009.5340990

Filename

5340990