A configurable pulse generator for intermittent operation and synchronization of IR-UWB receivers


Batur O. Z., DÜNDAR G., KOCA M.

International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, SMACD 2015, İstanbul, Türkiye, 7 - 09 Eylül 2015, (Tam Metin Bildiri) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/smacd.2015.7301695
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, we present a low power and configurable pulse generator with on-off keying (OOK) modulator feature for non-coherent impulse radio (IR) receiver synchronization and intermittent receiver operation. The pulse generator has adjustable pulse width and pulse delay properties. The configurability is achieved using on-chip bias cells with external inputs. The pulse width can be configured between 2 ns and 15 ns, and pulse delay can be adjusted up to 6 ns at 1.2 V supply voltage. The dynamic energy consumption per pulse (Epp) of the mono-pulse generator is 48 pJ/pulse and 30 pJ/pulse at 1.2 V and 0.6 V supply voltages, respectively. 250 MHz pulse repetition frequency (PRF) is observed in the measurements.