Design Considerations for Low-Power Ultra Wideband Receivers

Abstract - This paper studies design considerations for lowpower ultra wideband (UWB) receiver architectures. First, three different architectures for the impulse-radio UWB transceiver are studied, while investigating the power-performance trade-offs. As will be elaborated in the paper, a more powerefficient architecture should undertake part of the signal processing in the analog-domain. Next, the multiband UWB transceiver is studied and power-efficient circuits for the front-end of the UWB transceiver are presented. Finally, the performance and power consumption of these transceivers are compared and a number of design indications are provided.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ISQED
• Authors: Payam Heydari
• Keywords: Hardware, Impulse-radio Uwb Transceiver, ISQED 2005, Multiband Uwb Transceiver, UWB Transceiver