A 200Mbps, 0.66nJ/b DTR UWB receiver for high data rate wireless biotelemetry applications

Abstract

This paper introduces a CMOS design of differential transmit-reference (DTR) ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver in 90nm RF CMOS process for high data rate wireless biotelemetry applications with the operation range of 0.5m and receiver sensitivity of −70dBm. From the simulation results the receiver achieves a data rate of 200Mbps, the highest reported in biotelemetry systems, with a low power consumption of 0.66nJ/bit during the data detection, consuming a small silicon area of 1.17mm2, making it most suitable for the high data rate in-vivo wireless biotelemetry applications.