{"title":"Evaluation of oversampling rate limited dual-channel digital predistortion with 3-Box nonlinear model of power amplifier","authors":"Yuyuan Chang, G. Tran, K. Sakaguchi, K. Araki","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585457","url":null,"abstract":"Because of the license-free and wideband properties, 60 GHz band has become one of the candidates for the next generation wireless communication systems. In 60 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) wireless systems, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme can provide high data rate over than 6 Gbps; however, the high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of OFDM signals will reduce the power efficiency of the power amplifier (PA). Digital predistortion (DPD) methods were proposed to compensate the nonlinearity and to improve the power efficiency of the PA; as well as dual-band concurrent DPD was proposed to simplify the RF circuit of the transmitter. However, the low oversampling rate in the baseband of the mmWave channels lets it become a difficult task. In this paper, we evaluate a dual-channel DPD scheme for 60 GHz band mmWave OFDM systems with a cascade 3-box nonlinear PA model that can represent the memory effects of the PA. In the simulation results, at the back-off of 6 dB, error vector magnitudes (EVM) of the channels are improved more than 9 dB and 11 dB in the passbands of channels with DPD compensation up to the 3rd and 5th order, respectively.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128320648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuo Li, Xiong Zhou, Sanfeng Zhang, Hailiang Yao, Qiang Li, Vahid Behravan, A. Natarajan, Zhiliang Hong, P. Chiang
{"title":"A 0.45V 687pW low noise amplifier front-end with 1.73 NEF for energy-scavenging IoT sensors","authors":"Shuo Li, Xiong Zhou, Sanfeng Zhang, Hailiang Yao, Qiang Li, Vahid Behravan, A. Natarajan, Zhiliang Hong, P. Chiang","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585429","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a sub-nanowatt front-end amplifier for ultra-low-power wireless IoT sensor nodes. This chip consists of an instrumentation amplifier, a DC servo loop, a clock generator and a bias circuit. It is fully integrated, and therefore does not rely on any off-chip references. Fabricated in 65nm CMOS process, measurement results show that the amplifier system achieves 39dB gain and 0.1-130Hz bandwidth, sufficient for many low-frequency sensor interface applications. The measured power is 687pW for a 0.45V supply voltage, which when compared with previously published AFEs, is the only sub-nW low-noise amplifier.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121607921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2.4-GHz-band low-voltage LC-VCO IC with simplified noise filtering in 180-nm CMOS","authors":"Xinyi Wang, Xin Yang, Xiao Xu, T. Yoshimasu","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585430","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a low-voltage and low phase noise LC-VCO IC with simplified noise filtering in 180-nm CMOS technology. The novel VCO IC includes a cross-coupled pMOSFET pair, an LC resonator, buffer amplifiers and a tail inductor for noise filtering. The novel and conventional LC-VCO ICs are designed, fabricated and fully tested on wafer. At a power supply voltage of only 0.5 V, the novel VCO IC has exhibited a phase noise of -119.4 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset from the 2.25 GHz carrier frequency, which is 2.6 dB better than the conventional one.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126142326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A personalized route search method based on joint driving and vehicular behavior recognition","authors":"Yuanyuan Bao, Wai Chen","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585488","url":null,"abstract":"Fuel consumption is an important factor in the route search for vehicular navigations. In this paper, we propose a personalized eco-friendly route search method that considers the driver's driving style, road traffic, geographic information and vehicular parameters. Firstly, we classify the driving styles into three categories (calm, normal and aggressive) by adopting a Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ) neural network with inputs based on 16 characteristics related to vehicle speed, acceleration and engine speed. Secondly, we design a roadway traffic estimation model based on functional similarity and congestion propagation characteristics. Thirdly, we propose a model for fuel consumption estimation (FCE) based on multivariate nonlinear regression to accomplish the eco-friendly route search. To evaluate our route search method, we conducted experiments using real-world vehicle data gathered in the city of Beijing. Our experimental results show that the proposed route search method can achieve a driving-style prediction accuracy of 82.17%, and can reduce the fuel consumption by 16% as compared to the time-priority routes.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"694 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116100670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-standard semi-digital FIR DAC: A design procedure","authors":"F. Gebreyohannes, A. Frappé, A. Kaiser","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585474","url":null,"abstract":"A configurable transmitter architecture which enables the integration of the baseband blocks of two recent WiFi standards is presented. The novelty of the architecture is based on flexible finite impulse response digital-to-analog converter whose transfer function can be modified to fit the required transmit masks of the standards being implemented. The design methodology of this configurable FIR DAC is compared and contrasted with a traditional multi-bit digital-to-analog converter design procedure. A discussion of the salient points from circuit implementation perspective is also done in detail. Mainly, the performance metrics that are prioritized for 160MHz IEEE 802.11ac and single carrier IEEE 802.11ad are highlighted; a placement method suited for a FIR DAC is covered and some of the limiting factors associated with the method are also detailed. The architecture and the placement method introduced solve some of the main roadblocks in the implementation of semi-digital FIR DACs with long impulse response.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134060427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tunable matching network for TD-SCDMA power amplifier in 0.18-μm SOI CMOS technology","authors":"Peng Li, Tingting Mo","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585428","url":null,"abstract":"The explosion in the number of connected cellular devices and ever-increasing data bandwidth requirements have recently fueled the demand for RF Power Amplifiers (PAs) which needs PAs to cover more bands than ever before. A potential solution to this problem is by the use of Tunable Matching Networks (TMN). In this paper, we present a TMN fabricated under 0.18-μm SOI CMOS technology, focusing mainly in the impedance coverage and the power transmission. The design employs special floating body transistors as switching components to turn on and off the capacitors and the inductor array.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133308297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncertainty analysis in waveform metrology: From vertical measurement to horizontal quantities","authors":"Yichi Zhang, Zhao He, Xiaotao Guo, Aining Yang, Lifeng Wang, Meining Nie","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585478","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the covariance-matrix-based uncertainty propagation of waveforms from time-domain vertical measurements to horizontal parameters. Following the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), the uncertainty of timebase, corresponding to target amplitude, of a measured waveform is evaluated upon the vertical measurement uncertainties, where the waveform function is used to determine the Jacobian matrix. As a result, the uncertainty of time-related parameters, such as the FWHM of impulse signal, of the waveform can be easily analyzed. To validate this work, Monte Carlo Method is implemented for comparison.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131163716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Madureira, Antoine Gros, N. Deltimple, Magali Dematos, S. Haddad, D. Belot, E. Kerhervé
{"title":"Design and measurement of a 2.5 GHz switched-mode CMOS power amplifier with reliability enhancement","authors":"H. Madureira, Antoine Gros, N. Deltimple, Magali Dematos, S. Haddad, D. Belot, E. Kerhervé","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585406","url":null,"abstract":"Design and measurement results of an integrated class EF2 power amplifier on CMOS technology are presented. The class EF2 power amplifier presents lower voltage stress than its class E counterpart due to waveform engineering. The presented circuit was designed in standard ST Microelectronics CMOS 130nm and is able to deliver 19dBm RF output power from a 2 V supply voltage with 35% drain efficiency and 32% PAE at 2.5GHz. The output power spectrum presents 33dB power difference between the fundamental frequency and the strongest upper harmonic. A discussion about ground impedance is made and a PCB is used to reduce low ground inductance and DC decoupling.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115147963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuhao Zhang, Chenghao Lyu, Haotian Xu, Yijing Xia, Fei Feng, Gurjeet Singh, Patrick Chiang, X. Wang
{"title":"Improved position estimation by fusing multiple inaccurate inertial measurement unit sensors","authors":"Yuhao Zhang, Chenghao Lyu, Haotian Xu, Yijing Xia, Fei Feng, Gurjeet Singh, Patrick Chiang, X. Wang","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585483","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents improved position tracking and location estimation of dead reckoning, by combining the data from multiple inaccurate inertial sensors together using unscented Kalman filtering (UKF). Experimental test results using two 9-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors show that position estimation of each sensor achieves a 26 % decrease in max error (ME) and a 37% improvement in root-mean-square error (RMSE), when compared with a single independent sensor.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114081039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Gómez‐García, D. Psychogiou, J. Muñoz-Ferreras, D. Peroulis
{"title":"Multi-band signal-interference planar bandpass filters based on stub-loaded transversal filtering sections","authors":"R. Gómez‐García, D. Psychogiou, J. Muñoz-Ferreras, D. Peroulis","doi":"10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2016.7585395","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the application of bi-path stub-loaded in-parallel-transmission-line-type transversal filtering sections (TFSs) to the design of signal-interference microwave planar multi-band bandpass filters (BPFs). It is demonstrated that by inserting a ground-ended loading stub in one of the signal-propagation paths of their building TFSs, several performance benefits in multi-band planar BPFs can be gained. Among them, it is particularly noticed i) the creation of a higher number of passbands for a particular size of the TFS two-path loop, ii) DC-transmission supression, and iii) synthesis of wide-band dual-band bandpass filtering responses with broadly-separated passbands. A comparison of the stub-loaded TFS with its classic counterpart is provided. Two design examples consisting of three-stage quad-band and broad-band dual-band BPFs with widely-spaced passbands, along with measurements for the former one, are also presented.","PeriodicalId":185971,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS)","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122412222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}