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High efficiency UWB pulse generator for ultra-low-power applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2015

Remy Vauche Open the ORCID record for Remy Vauche [Opens in a new window] ,
Sylvain Bourdel ,
Nicolas Dehaese ,
Jean Gaubert ,
Oswaldo Ramos Sparrow ,
Eloi Muhr  and
Herve Barthelemy
Remy Vauche*
Affiliation:
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Université de Toulon, IM2NP UMR 7334, Marseille, France
Sylvain Bourdel
Affiliation:
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IMEP-LAHC, F-38000 Grenoble, France CNRS, IMEP-LAHC, F-38000 Grenoble, France
Nicolas Dehaese
Affiliation:
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Université de Toulon, IM2NP UMR 7334, Marseille, France
Jean Gaubert
Affiliation:
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Université de Toulon, IM2NP UMR 7334, Marseille, France
Oswaldo Ramos Sparrow
Affiliation:
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Université de Toulon, IM2NP UMR 7334, Marseille, France
Eloi Muhr
Affiliation:
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Université de Toulon, IM2NP UMR 7334, Marseille, France
Herve Barthelemy
Affiliation:
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Université de Toulon, IM2NP UMR 7334, Marseille, France
*
Corresponding author: R. Vauche, Email: remy.vauche@im2np.fr
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Abstract

This paper presents the design of a fully integrated ultra-low-power Ultra Wide Band (UWB) pulse generator. The circuit is designed and optimized for low rate and localization applications. This UWB transmitter is based on the impulse response filter method in order to achieve high energy sub-nanosecond pulses. The circuit has been integrated in a ST-Microelectronics CMOS 0.13 μm technology with a supply voltage of 1.2 V on a die area of 0.56 mm2. A power manager is used to reduce the power leakages to 3.91 μW which gives a power consumption of 3.98 Mw at 10 kb/s. The measured dynamic energy consumed per pulse is 68 pJ and the measured energy of the emitted pulse is 2.15 pJ.

Keywords

Circuit design and applicationsModelingsimulation and characterizations of devices and circuits
Type
Research Paper
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International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 8 , Issue 3: Journee Nationale des Micro-ondes (JNM) 2015 , May 2016 , pp. 495 - 503
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2015 

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