학술논문

A 420µW, 4 GHz approximate zero IF FM-UWB receiver for short-range communications
Document Type
Conference
Source
2016 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2016 IEEE. :218-221 May, 2016
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Receivers
Demodulation
Sensitivity
Delays
Mixers
Ring oscillators
Radio frequency
FM-UWB
wideband
low power
short range
approximate zero IF
uncertain IF
HD-WSN
Language
ISSN
2375-0995
Abstract
A low-power FM-UWB receiver intended for short range communications in wireless sensor networks is presented in this paper. It utilizes an “approximate zero IF” architecture which combines a free-running ring oscillator as the RF LO with a modified delay-line demodulator. The main benefit comes from implementing the gain stages and the demodulator at the IF instead of RF, allowing significant power savings. Integrated in a 65nm CMOS technology, the whole receiver chain consumes 420µW from a 1V supply while achieving −68dBm sensitivity at the data rate of 100 kb/s.