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A CMOS Impulse Radio Ultra-Wideband Receiver for Inner/Inter-chip Wireless Interconnection

  • Nguyen, Chi Nhan (Department of Physics and Electronics, University of Science, VNU) ;
  • Duong, Hoai Nghia (Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Technology, VNU) ;
  • Dinh, Van Anh (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan)
  • Received : 2013.05.13
  • Accepted : 2013.06.17
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

This paper presents a CMOS impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) receiver implemented using IBM 0.13um CMOS technology for inner/inter-chip wireless interconnection. The IR-UWB receiver is based on the non-coherent architecture which removes the complexity of RF architecture (such as DLL or PLL) and reduces power consumption. The receiver consists of three blocks: a low noise amplifier (LNA) with active balun, a correlator, and a comparator. Simulation results show the die area of the IR-UWB receiver of 0.2mm2, a power gain (S21) of 12.5dB, a noise figure (NF) of 3.05dB, an input return loss (S11) of less than -16.5dB, a conversion gain of 18dB, a NFDSB of 22. The receiver exhibits a third order intercept point (IIP3) of -1.3dBm and consumes 22.9mW of power on the 1.4V power supply.

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