A low SIR impulse-UWB transceiver utilizing chirp FSK in 0.18 μm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2388-2403

  Nair, Murli U ^a   Zheng, Yuanjin ^a,b   Ang, Chyuen Wei ^a   Lian, Yong ^c   Yuan, Xiaojun ^a   Heng, Chun Huat ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chirp spread spectrum (CSS); CMOS; frequency shift keying (FSK); non coherent; signal to interference ratio (SIR); transceiver; ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

CHIRP SPREAD SPECTRUM; CMOS; NON-COHERENT; SHIFT KEYING; SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE RATIO;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DEMODULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSCEIVERS;

CHIRP MODULATION;

EID: 78049278008     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2074232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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