{"title":"A 20Mb/s, 2.76 pJ/b UWB impulse radio TX with 11.7% efficiency in 130 nm CMOS","authors":"F. Padovan, A. Bevilacqua, A. Neviani","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIRC.2014.6942078","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An UWB impulse radio transmitter for ultra-low energy neural recording applications is proposed. The transmitter is designed for robust and efficient operation in the 7.25-8.5GHz band, supporting communication ranges in excess to 4m. Powered by a low-voltage 0.5V supply, prototypes in a 130 nm CMOS technology are able to transmit 2.76 pJ/b PPM-modulated pulses to the antenna at a 20Mb/s data rate with an outstanding 11.7% overall energy efficiency.","PeriodicalId":202377,"journal":{"name":"ESSCIRC 2014 - 40th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"15","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ESSCIRC 2014 - 40th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIRC.2014.6942078","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An UWB impulse radio transmitter for ultra-low energy neural recording applications is proposed. The transmitter is designed for robust and efficient operation in the 7.25-8.5GHz band, supporting communication ranges in excess to 4m. Powered by a low-voltage 0.5V supply, prototypes in a 130 nm CMOS technology are able to transmit 2.76 pJ/b PPM-modulated pulses to the antenna at a 20Mb/s data rate with an outstanding 11.7% overall energy efficiency.