A TRPC-UWB Transmitter Front-end Based on Wideband IQ Modulator in 0.13-µm CMOS

Summary, in English

This paper presents a prototype 3.1-8.2 GHz UWB transmitter front-end based on a novel transmitted reference pulse cluster (TRPC) scheme in the 0.13-μm CMOS process. The transmitter front-end consists of wideband low noise active baluns, IQ modulator based on noise-cancellation mixers with high linearity, and differential to single-ended (D-to-S) converter. The measurements show that the worst-case carrier leakage suppression is 37 dBc, while the single sideband suppression (SSBS) is better than 29 dBc. Moreover, a power control range of 8 dB is achieved, and the maximum power consumption is 24.5 mA from a 1.2-V power supply.

• Author: Yiming Huo; Xiaodai Dong; Ping Lu
• Department/s: Department of Electrical and Information Technology
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: 12th IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2014
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSICT.2014.7021417
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Topic: Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
• Keywords: TRPC-UWB transmitter front end; Wideband IQ modulator; Transmitted reference pulse cluster; CMOS process; Wideband low noise active baluns; IQ modulator; Noise cancellation mixer; Differential to single-ended converter; D-to-S converter; Single sideband suppression; SSBS; Frequency 3.1 GHz to 8.2 GHz
• Conference name: IEEE 12th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT)
• Conference date: 2014-10-28 - 2014-10-31
• Conference place: Guilin, China
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 978-1-4799-3282-5; ISBN: 978-1-4799-3296-2