A complementary LC-tank based IR-UWB pulse generator for BPSK modulation

Abstract

This paper presents a low-power binary phase shift keying (BPSK) pulse generator for ultra-wide-band transmitters. The circuit has been designed based on LC-tank resonators using 0.13 um CMOS technology. Simulation shows −10dB bandwidth of around 3 GHz and power consumption of 2 mW at 100 MHz PRF. Peak-peak amplitude voltage for both symbols ‘1’ and ‘0’ are approximately as large as 1.2V supply voltage and can radiate enough energy to satisfy the FCC mask only by one pulse. Thus, the energy consumption is 20 pJ/pulse/bit. Pulse duration is 1.5 ns and the transmitter can reach data rates of 660 Mbps.