A 60 GHz super-regenerative oscillator for implementation in an impulse radio receiver

Summary, in English

A super-regenerative oscillator to be used as a receiver for ultra wideband impulse radio signals is demonstrated for the V-band (50-75 GHz). The study is based on experimental and simulated results using a gated tunnel diode based super-regenerative oscillator, which is used as the core of a super-regenerative receiver. Simulated pulse error rates for an impulse radio signal that is modulated by 250 Mpulses/s On-Off Keying, demonstrate the feasibility to implement the circuit in a high data rate receiver for short range communication. Measured data on fabricated oscillators confirm the circuit implementation and also show that sensitivity well below -70 dBm for a continuous wave detection can be achieved.

• Author: Mats Ärlelid; Lars-Erik Wernersson; Mikael Egard; Erik Lind
• Department/s: Department of Electrical and Information Technology; Solid State Physics
• Publishing year: 2010
• Language: English
• Pages: 102-105
• Publication/Series: 2010 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB)
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICUWB.2010.5615630
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Topic: Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering; Condensed Matter Physics
• Conference name: IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB)
• Conference date: 2010-09-20
• Conference place: Nanjing, China
• Status: Published
• Project: EIT_HSWC:RFNano RF tranceivers and nano devices
• Research group: Elektronikkonstruktion; Nano
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 978-1-4244-5305-4