Low power complementary-colpitts self-quenched super-regenerative ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter in CMOS technology

Author

Anis, M. ; Tielert, R. ; Wehn, N.

Author_Institution

Institute of Microelectronic Systems Design, University of Technology, Kaiserslautern, 67663, Germany

fYear

2008

fDate

15-20 June 2008

Firstpage

1047

Lastpage

1049

Abstract

This paper presents the complementary colpitts self-quenched super-regenerative ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter for low power, low cost and medium data rate wireless communication systems. The high gain, large bandwidth and low power consumption are the attractive properties of self-quenched super-regenerative filters for UWB systems. The bandwidth of 1.5 GHz across the central frequency of 7.5 GHz is measured for complementary colpitts self-quenched super-regenerative filter. The test structure has been implemented on 0.18 mum CMOS technology. The data rate of 10 Mb/s is achieved for detecting -95 dBm signals with power consumption of 1 mW at 1.5 V.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; band-pass filters; low-power electronics; CMOS technology; complementary colpitts self-quenched bandpass filter; data rate; medium data rate wireless communication systems; power 1 mW; power consumption; size 0.18 mum; superregenerative ultrawideband bandpass filter; test structure; voltage 1.5 V; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Costs; Energy consumption; Frequency measurement; Signal detection; Testing; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication; Low power; RF oscillator; complementary colpitts oscillator; self-quenched; super-regenerative receiver; ultra-wide band (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1780-3

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633015

Filename

4633015