A Fully Integrated Low-Power High-Coexistence 2.4-GHz ZigBee Transceiver for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications

Author

Joonho Gil ; Ji-hoon Kim ; Chun Suk Kim ; Chulhyun Park ; Jungsu Park ; Hyejin Park ; Hyeji Lee ; Sung-Jae Lee ; Young-Ho Jang ; MinSuk Koo ; Joon-Min Gil ; Kwangseok Han ; Yong Won Kwon ; Inho Song

Author_Institution

RadioPulse Inc., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

62

Issue

9

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1879

Lastpage

1889

Abstract

A fully integrated low-power high-coexistence 2.4-GHz ZigBee transceiver implemented in 90-nm CMOS technology is demonstrated. The two-point direct-modulation with a fractional- N synthesizer is adopted in the transmitter architecture. The transmitter can provide high output power of +9 dBm and excellent error vector magnitude of 5.1%. The direct conversion is used in receiver for simplicity and -97-dBm minimum receiver sensitivity is achieved. Current consumptions for a TX at +9-dBm output power and for an RX are 28.4 and 15.4 mA, respectively. Excellent coexistence is presented through wireless local area network interferer rejection performance.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; UHF integrated circuits; Zigbee; biomedical communication; biomedical electronics; health care; interference suppression; low-power electronics; modulation; radio transceivers; radiofrequency interference; vectors; wireless LAN; CMOS technology; biomedical application; current 15.4 mA; current 28.4 mA; current consumption; excellent error vector magnitude; fractional-N synthesizer; frequency 2.4 GHz; fully integrated low-power high-coexistence ZigBee transceiver; healthcare application; minimum receiver sensitivity; size 90 nm; transmitter architecture; two-point direct-modulation; wireless local area network interferer rejection performance; Frequency modulation; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Sensors; Transceivers; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wireless LAN; Zigbee; Biomedical; CMOS; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.15.4; ZigBee; coexistence; healthcare; interference; transceiver; wireless local area network (WLAN);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2014.2342671

Filename

6870473