Title :
A low-power high-speed ultra wideband pulse radio system
Author :
Tang, Wei ; Culurciello, Eugenio
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
We present a low-power high-speed ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse radio transmission test platform. The transmitter circuit is fabricated on the Peregrine semiconductors 0.5 micron silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) CMOS process and packaged in a DIP16 package. 12.5 Mbps data rate of wireless transmission is achieved. The power consumption of the transmitter is 10 mW when the pulse rate is 90 MHz. The core circuit size is 70 mum by 130 mum. The transmission distance is in excess of 4 m. The circuit is a transformative technology candidate for high-data rate and low power wireless biomedical applications.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; ultra wideband communication; Peregrine semiconductors; bit rate 12 Mbit/s; frequency 90 MHz; low-power high-speed ultra wideband pulse radio system; silicon-on-sapphire CMOS process; transmitter; wireless biomedical applications; wireless transmission; Circuits; Communication system control; Field programmable gate arrays; Graphical user interfaces; Pulsed power supplies; RF signals; Radio transmitters; System testing; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2009. ISCAS 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3827-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3828-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2009.5118156
