Title
A 890fJ/bit UWB transmitter for SOC integration in high bit-rate transcutaneous bio-implants
Abstract
The paper presents a novel ultra low power UWB transmitter system for near field communication in transcutaneous biotelemetries. The system utilizes an all-digital architecture based on minising the energy dissipated per bit transmitted by efficiently encoding a packet of pulses with multiple bits and utilizing oscillator referenced delays. This is achieved by introducing a novel bi-phasic 1.65pJ per pulse UWB pulse generator together with a 72 μW DCO that provide a transmission bandwidth of 77.5 Mb/s with an energy efficiency of 890 fJ per bit from a 1.2 V supply. The circuit core occupies a compact silicon footprint of 0.026 mm2 in a 0.18μm CMOS technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/ISCAS.2013.6572330
Circuits and Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMOS digital integrated circuits,biomedical telemetry,near-field communication,oscillators,prosthetics,pulse generators,radio transmitters,silicon,system-on-chip,CMOS technology,DCO,SOC integration,UWB pulse generator,all-digital architecture,circuit core,compact silicon footprint,energy dissipation minimization,energy efficiency,high-bit-rate transcutaneous bio-implants,near field communication,oscillator-referenced delays,power 72 muW,pulse packet encoding,size 0.18 mum,transcutaneous biotelemetries,transmission bandwidth,ultralow-power UWB transmitter system,voltage 1.2 V
Near field communication,Transmitter,System on a chip,Efficient energy use,Computer science,Network packet,CMOS,Electronic engineering,Pulse generator,Electrical engineering,Encoding (memory)
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0271-4302
978-1-4673-5760-9
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lieuwe B. Leene184.69
Song Luan2114.85
Timothy G Constandinou310613.73