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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieie.2016.53.2.036

A Non-coherent IR-UWB RF Transceiver for WBAN Applications in 0.18㎛ CMOS  

Park, Myung Chul (Department of EE, Kwangwoon University)
Chang, Won Il (Department of EE, Kwangwoon University)
Ha, Jong Ok (Department of EE, Kwangwoon University)
Eo, Yun Seong (Department of EE, Kwangwoon University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.53, no.2, 2016 , pp. 36-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, an Impulse Radio-Ultra Wide band RF Transceiver for WBAN applications is implemented in $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The designed RF transceiver support 3-5GHz UWB low band and employs OOK(On-Off Keying) modulation. The receiver employs non-coherent energy detection architecture to reduce complexity and power consumption. For the rejection of the undesired interferers and improvement of the receiver sensitivity, RF active notch filter is integrated. The VCO based transmitter employs the switch mechanism. As adapt the switch mechanism, power consumption and VCO leakage can be reduced. Also, the spectrum mask is always same at each center frequency. The measured sensitivity of the receiver is -84.1 dBm at 3.5 GHz with 1.579 Mbps. The power consumption of the transmitter and receiver are 0.3nJ/bit and 41 mW respectively.
Keywords
IR-UWB; WBAN; VCO; OOK modulation; RF active notch filter;
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