A fully monolithic 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB Si/SiGe HBT Impulse-UWB correlation receiver

Abstract

Abstract-A 3.1-to-10.6 GHz Impulse-UWB correlation receiver in a 0.8 μm Si/SiGe HBT technology is presented. The fully monolithic receiver with 0.8 mm 2 chip size comprises a low-noise amplifier with maximum noise figure of 3.2 dB, two single-ended to differential converters, an analog correlator and a template pulse generator approximating the fifth-derivative of a Gaussian impulse. It operates with pulse repetition rates up to 900 MHz (IF bandwidth limited) with a total power consumption of 200 mW.

Frontend ICs for impulse radio sensing and communications

“…8, measures (0.57 · 0.89) mm 2 and consumes a total DC power of 130 mW. This is a reduction by a factor of three compared to the single-ended monolithic correlation receiver published earlier [12].…”

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“…This element cannot be a simple mixer but has to act as a true multiplier. The employed Gilbert-cell-based correlator is based to the one presented in [7]. In Fig.…”

IR-UWB Radar Demonstrator for Ultra-Fine Movement Detection and Vital-Sign Monitoring

“…The correlator MMIC was available from [19]. It consists of an LNA, a template IPG, a multiplier, and a first integrating LP filter.…”

“…The multiplier's differential output is filtered by a first integrating on-chip low-pass filter with a cutoff frequency of around 900 MHz. A detailed evaluation of the correlator IC can be found in [19].…”