Low power ASIC transmitter for UWB-IR radio communication and positioning

Author

Robert, C. ; Tomé, P. ; Botteron, C. ; Farine, P.A. ; Merz, R. ; Blatter, A.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Signal Process. Lab., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland

fYear

2010

fDate

15-17 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper describes a low power Ultra-Wideband Impulse Radio (UWB-IR) Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) transmitter implemented in UMC 0.18 μm. This transmitter has been designed for low data rate communication applications and indoor positioning systems. It is powered by 1.8 V and its current consumption is 20 mA during pulse transmission and lower than 45 μA the rest of the time. This leads to an average power for the transmitter of less than 85 μW for a 288-pulse burst at a burst repetition rate of 1 Hz. The center frequency and bandwidth of the pulse generated by this transmitter are compliant with the current international regulations (FCC/ECC).

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; low-power electronics; pulse generators; radio transmitters; radionavigation; ultra wideband communication; UWB-IR radio communication; UWB-IR radio positioning; application specific integrated circuit transmitter; burst repetition rate; current 20 mA; frequency 1 Hz; indoor positioning system; international regulation; low data rate communication application; low power ASIC transmitter design; low power ultra wideband impulse radio; pulse generation; pulse transmission; voltage 1.8 V; Application specific integrated circuits; Frequency measurement; Mixers; Oscillators; Radio transmitters; Signal generators; 4.1GHz; CMOS; UWB-IR; low data rate; low power; transmitter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5862-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5865-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPIN.2010.5647856

Filename

5647856