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Design and Implementation of a Transmitter for IR-UWB Standard

Author(s): Sophiya Susan S*, Kiran Agarwal Gupta and Siva S Yellampalli

Published In : International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research (IJEER)        Volume 11, Issue 4

Publisher : FOREX Publication

Published : 30 October 2023

e-ISSN : 2347-470X

Page(s) : 909-916

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37391/ijeer.110405

Abstract

In wireless communication, the Ultrawide Band (UWB) is a technique for achieving a higher data rate, low power consumption, and less complexity. Impulse Radio - Ultra-Wide Band (IR-UWB) uses the baseband signal technique, reducing circuit complexity and power consumption. This work proposes an IR-UWB transmitter block with low power and tunable bandwidth that meets the UWB regulations of LRP (Low-Rate Pulse) UWB. The transmitter proposed uses a time-interleaved architecture using 0.18um CMOS technology using Cadence Virtuoso, which consists of On Off Keying (OOK) Circuit for the four stages of a pulse generator that operates in 6.17GHz-9.10GHz. The width of the pulse is between 0.096ns to 0.162ns using a current steering inverter. The proposed transmitter block has an output swing of 30 mV at 1MHz input Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) and a maximum PRF of 1GHz, at a 1GHz pulse rate, the power consumption was measured to be 8.3 mW.

Keywords: Delay circuit, bandwidth, Impulse Radio- Ultrawide Band, pulse generator, transmitter.




Sophiya Susan S*, Research Scholar Dept of ECE, DSCE, Bengaluru, India; Asst Professor, Dept of E&C, CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru India; Email: sophiyasendil@gmail.com

Kiran Agarwal Gupta, Senior Member IEEE, Professor, Dept of ECE, DSCE, Bengaluru, India; Email: drkirangupta15@gmail.com

Siva S Yellampalli, Senior Member IEEE, Professor of Practice School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University, Amaravati, India; Email: siva.yellampalli@gmail.com

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Sophiya Susan S, Kiran Agarwal Gupta and Siva S Yellampalli (2023), Design and Implementation of a Transmitter for IR-UWB Standard. IJEER 11(4), 909-916. DOI: 10.37391/ijeer.110405.