Architecture Considerations for 60 GHz Pulse Transceiver Front-Ends

Author

Kraemer, M. ; Lecointre, A. ; Dragomirescu, D. ; Plana, R.

Author_Institution

LAAS-CNRS, Univ. of Toulouse, Toulouse

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 15 2007-Sept. 17 2007

Firstpage

425

Lastpage

428

Abstract

While Impulse ultra wideband (I-UWB) is well established in the frequency range between 3.1 and 10.6 GHz, the application of pulse modulation in the frequency band around 60 GHz is a recent development. In this paper, the properties of 60 GHz pulses are outlined. Different architectures for pulse based transceiver front-ends are compared. It is distinguished between the up-conversion of UWB-pulses and their direct generation at millimeter-wave (mmwave) frequencies. Both non-coherent and coherent receiver front-ends are considered. These considerations form the basis for a future 60 GHz UWB transceiver in 65 nm CMOS SOI that can be employed as part of a system on chip (SoC) for sensor networks.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; MIMIC; pulse modulation; system-on-chip; transceivers; ultra wideband communication; wireless sensor networks; CMOS SOI; I-UWB; Impulse ultra wideband; SoC; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter-wave frequencies; noncoherent receiver front-ends; pulse modulation; pulse transceiver front-ends; sensor networks; size 65 nm; system on chip; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Delay; Europe; Frequency; Millimeter wave technology; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Silicon germanium; Transceivers; 60 GHz; UWB; coherent; millimeter-wave; pulse;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Conference, 2007. CAS 2007. International

Conference_Location

Sinaia

ISSN

1545-827X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0847-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMICND.2007.4519750

Filename

4519750