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A CMOS fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse generator for UWB applications

Jin He1, , Jiang Luo1, Hao Wang1, Sheng Chang1, Qijun Huang1 and Yueping Zhang2,

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 Corresponding author: He Jin, Email:jin.he@whu.edu.cn; Zhang Yueping, Email:eypzhang@ntu.edu.sg

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Abstract: A CMOS fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse generator is presented for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications. The design exhibits low power consumption, low circuit complexity, and a precise pulse shape to inherently comply with the FCC spectrum mask for indoor UWB applications without the need for a filter. The pulse generator is implemented with a 1.8-V, 0.18-μm CMOS process. The small core chip size of the pulse generator is only 217×121 μm2 because of its all digital circuit design. The measured fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse has a peak-to-peak amplitude of 158 mV and a pulse width of 800 ps. The average power dissipation is 0.6 mW with a pulse repetition frequency of 50 MHz.

Key words: CMOSpulse generatorultra-wideband (UWB)impulse radio (IR)



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Fig. 1.  Schematic of the fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse generator.

Fig. 2.  Die microphotograph of the fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse generator.

Fig. 3.  The measured fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse train.

Fig. 4.  The simulated fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse.

Fig. 5.  The measured fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse.

Fig. 6.  The power spectral density of the measured fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse.

Fig. 7.  The return loss (S11) on node E.

Table 1.   Key element values.

Table 2.   The simulated performance of the output versus PVT.

Table 3.   Performance summary and comparison.

[1]
FCC. Revision of part 15 of the commission's rules regarding ultra-wideband transmission system. FCC First Report and Order, Feb. 14, 2002 http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10011635725
[2]
Jeong Y, Jung S, Liu J. A CMOS impulse generator for UWB wireless communication systems. IEEE Int Circuits Syst Symp, 2004:129 https://utdallas.influuent.utsystem.edu/en/publications/a-cmos-impulse-generator-for-uwb-wireless-communication-systems
[3]
Zheng Y, Zhang Y P, Tong Y. A novel wireless interconnect technology using impulse radio for interchip communications. IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech, 2006, 54(4):1912 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.872070
[4]
Norimatsu T, Fujiwara R, Kokubo M, et al. A UWB-IR transmitter with digitally controlled pulse generator. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2007, 42(6):1300 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.897137
[5]
Ryckaert J, Desset C, Fort A, et al. Ultra-wide-band transmitter for low-power wireless body area networks:design and evaluation. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, Reg Papers, 2005, 52(12):2515 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.858187
[6]
Phan A T, Lee J, Krizhanovskii V, et al. Energy-efficient low-complexity CMOS pulse generator for multiband UWB impulse radio. IEEE Trans Circuits Syst I, Reg Papers, 2008, 55(11):3552 doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2008.925821
[7]
Sheng H, Orlik P, Haimovich A M, et al. On the spectral and power requirements for ultra-wideband transmission. IEEE Int Conf Commun, 2003:738 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.332.3837
[8]
Kim H, Joo Y. Fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse generator for UWB system. IEEE RFIC Symp Dig Papers, 2005:671 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=1489903
[9]
Kim H, Park D, Joo Y. All-digital low-power CMOS pulse generator of UWB system. IEE Electron Lett, 2004, 40(24):1534 doi: 10.1049/el:20046923
[10]
Xie H L, Wang X, Wang A, et al. A varying pulse width fifth-derivative Gaussian pulse generator for UWB transceivers in CMOS. IEEE Radio Wireless Symp, 2008:171 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4463456&isnumber=4463396
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