Pulsed Ultra-Wideband Transceivers

  • Patrick P. Mercier
  • Denis C. Daly
  • Fred S. Lee
  • David D. Wentzloff
  • Anantha P. Chandrakasan
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Part of the Integrated Circuits and Systems book series (ICIR)

Abstract

Ultra-wideband (UWB) radios offer tremendous promise in terms of achievable data rates due to the large capacity afforded by their inherently large occupied bandwidth. While achieving ultra-high data rates may have been one of the original intents of UWB radios, pulsed-UWB radios have another potential advantage over their narrowband counterparts: energy. By exploiting the large available bandwidth in conjunction with non-coherent signaling, low-complexity and ultra-energy-efficient transmitters can be designed using all-digital architectures that do not require the use of a PLL. Similarly, energy-detecting receivers can receive pulses with low energy-per-bit at high data rates and can be rapidly duty-cycled to minimize overall power consumption. This chapter outlines the main challenges in UWB design, while discussing several representative receiver and transmitter implementations in detail.

Keywords

Ultra-wide band UWB IR-UWB Pulsed radios Low-power radios 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Patrick P. Mercier
    • 1
  • Denis C. Daly
    • 2
  • Fred S. Lee
    • 3
  • David D. Wentzloff
    • 4
  • Anantha P. Chandrakasan
    • 5
  1. 1.University of California San DiegoLa JollaUSA
  2. 2.Maxim IntegratedNorth ChelmsfordUSA
  3. 3.Google[x]Mountain ViewUSA
  4. 4.University of MichiganAnn ArborUSA
  5. 5.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeUSA

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