DocumentCode
2951635
Title
Enabling Sub-nW RF circuits through subthreshold leakage management
Author
Mercier, Patrick P. ; Bandropadhyay, Saurav ; Chandrakasan, Anantha P.
Author_Institution
Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
7-10 Oct. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
This paper presents subthreshold leakage management techniques to enable the design of a 2.4 GHz RF transmitter with ultra-low average power. Careful device size optimizations and judicious use of power gating devices shows that leakage power of the radio can be reduced by upwards of 4000X. When operating at a duty-cycled average data rate of 1 b/s, the implemented transmitter consumes 78 pW.
Keywords
UHF integrated circuits; circuit optimisation; low-power electronics; radio transmitters; RF transmitter; device size optimizations; frequency 2.4 GHz; power 78 pW; power gating devices; sub-nW RF circuits; subthreshold leakage management; ultralow average power; MOS devices; Radio frequency; Radio transmitters; Subthreshold current; Transistors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
SOI-3D-Subthreshold Microelectronics Technology Unified Conference (S3S), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Monterey, CA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/S3S.2013.6716524
Filename
6716524
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