Title :
RF front end of UWB receiver based on super-regeneration
Author :
Pelissier, M. ; Morche, D. ; Vincent, P.
Author_Institution :
CEA, Grenoble
Abstract :
This paper proposes a RF front-end receiver based on super-regeneration for UWB impulse signals dedicated to LDR-LT low-power applications. It benefits from unexplored inherent properties of such a system, i.e. large instantaneous bandwidth and time-domain-located energy sensitivity. This circuit demonstrates the fact that low-sensitivity (-99 dBm), low-power (11,2mW), high-gain (54dB) and wide-bandwidth (1GHz) front-end receivers with accurate temporal resolution for pulse detection are feasible.
Keywords :
radio receivers; ultra wideband communication; RF front-end receiver; UWB receiver; impulse signals; pulse detection; super-regeneration; temporal resolution; time-domain-located energy sensitivity; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Circuits; Energy consumption; Energy resolution; RAKE receivers; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal processing; Signal resolution; UWB LDR-LT receiver; low power applications; super-regeneration;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra-Wideband, 2007. ICUWB 2007. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0521-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0521-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4380937
