A programmable OOK impulse radio ultra wideband transmitter with power cycling and spectral agility

Author

Hamdi, Raslen ; Desmarais, Alexandre ; Belarbi, Aniss ; Deslandes, Dominic ; Nabki, Frederic

Author_Institution

CoFaMic Res. Centre, Univ. du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM), Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

20-23 May 2012

Firstpage

2541

Lastpage

2544

Abstract

An on-off keying impulse radio ultra-wideband transmitter with frequency tuning ability based on a 0.13 μm CMOS process is presented. The output spectrum frequency and bandwidth can be adjusted using a digitally programmable oscillator in the 3.7 to 9 GHz range. This allows for the dynamic adjustment of the output spectrum to the surrounding environment. A fully integrated power cycling scheme is used to reduce significantly the power consumption. The transmitter achieves data rates of 10 Mbps with a simulated power consumption of 1.5 mW.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; amplitude shift keying; circuit tuning; microwave integrated circuits; microwave oscillators; radio transmitters; ultra wideband communication; CMOS process; bit rate 10 Mbit/s; digitally programmable oscillator; frequency 3.7 GHz to 9 GHz; frequency tuning ability; fully integrated power cycling scheme; on-off keying; output spectrum bandwidth; output spectrum frequency; power 1.5 mW; power consumption; programmable OOK impulse radio ultra wideband transmitter; size 0.13 mum; spectral agility; Gain; Generators; Inverters; Oscillators; Radio transmitters; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Seoul

ISSN

0271-4302

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0218-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2012.6271821

Filename

6271821