ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP OF HIGH PERFORMANCE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS DESIGN GROUP

Electronic Engineering DepartmentUniversitat Politcnica de Catalunya
Providing an UWB-IR BAN wireless communications network and its application to design a very low power transceiver in CMOS technology. Author: Enrique Barajas, Thesis Advisors: Diego Mateo, Jos Luis Gonzlez

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Outline

Wireless CommunicationsUltra-widebandImpulse RadioImplementation and Measurements

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Wireless CommunicationsUltra-widebandImpulse RadioImplementation and Measurements
Outline

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Wireless Communications
Distance
Power
Speed

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Distance
Power
Wireless Communications

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Wireless CommunicationsUltra-widebandImpulse RadioImplementation and Measurements
Outline

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FCC part 15Bandwidth > 500 MHz !!Narrow band solutions extendedMB-OFDM UWBDS-UWB1 GbpsWireless USBWireless HDMI
Ultra-wideband

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Frequency
Power Spectral Density
FCC part 15
BW > 500MHz !!
Ultra-wideband

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Distance
Ultra-wideband
Power

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Wireless CommunicationsUltra-widebandImpulse Radio UWBImplementation and Measurements
Outline

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Distance
Speed
Data is more likely to be shared at short range
Impulse Radio UWB
But with low power

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Distance
Impulse Radio UWB
Power

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Impulse Radio UWB
Like R.A.D.A.R.
0

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Wireless CommunicationsUltra-widebandImpulse RadioImplementation and Measurements
Outline

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Implementation and Measurements

Digital

Analog

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Die micro-photography and PCB
Die size: 1450 m x 1450 m

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Test bench setup
at CTTC Castelldefels

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Measurements

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Implementation and Measurements

0.18 m CMOS transceiverBAN (