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Pulsed Ultra-Wideband Transceivers

Authors : Patrick P. Mercier, Denis C. Daly, Fred S. Lee, David D. Wentzloff, Anantha P. Chandrakasan

Published in: Ultra-Low-Power Short-Range Radios

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Ultra-wideband (UWB) radios offer tremendous promise in terms of achievable data rates due to the large capacity afforded by their inherently large occupied bandwidth. While achieving ultra-high data rates may have been one of the original intents of UWB radios, pulsed-UWB radios have another potential advantage over their narrowband counterparts: energy. By exploiting the large available bandwidth in conjunction with non-coherent signaling, low-complexity and ultra-energy-efficient transmitters can be designed using all-digital architectures that do not require the use of a PLL. Similarly, energy-detecting receivers can receive pulses with low energy-per-bit at high data rates and can be rapidly duty-cycled to minimize overall power consumption. This chapter outlines the main challenges in UWB design, while discussing several representative receiver and transmitter implementations in detail.

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Title: Pulsed Ultra-Wideband Transceivers
Authors: Patrick P. Mercier
Denis C. Daly
Fred S. Lee
David D. Wentzloff
Anantha P. Chandrakasan
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Ultra-Low-Power Short-Range Radios
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-14713-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-14714-7

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14714-7_8