Fast CMOS current driver for IrDA - applications

Author

Egerer, Jens ; Rodenheber, Rainer ; Reinhold, Michael ; Hauer, Hans

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. fur Integrierte Schaltungen, Erlangen, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

369

Abstract

Infrared data transmission is a good solution for high speed wireless communication over short distances. Standards for short range half-duplex transmission links have been set by the Infrared Data Association (IrDA). Low cost transceivers with a data rate up to 1.152 Mb/s are widely used in portable applications like laptops and mobiles. The demand for higher bit rates at reduced power consumption and lower system costs required a new approach for the implementation of the current driver for the IR-diode in the transmitter. The former bipolar transistor solution which used an external resistor as a current limiter was replaced by a fully integrated CMOS current driver

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; driver circuits; optical communication equipment; transceivers; 1.152 Mbit/s; CMOS current driver; Infrared Data Association; IrDA; bit rates; high speed wireless communication; infrared data transmission; portable applications; power consumption; short range half-duplex transmission; system costs; transceivers; Bit rate; Costs; Data communication; Driver circuits; Energy consumption; Optical fiber communication; Portable computers; Transceivers; Transmitters; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2001. ICECS 2001. The 8th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7057-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2001.957756

Filename

957756