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New 0.18-μm CMOS pulse generator for impulse radio ultra-wideband communication systems

✍ Scribed by Tung-Yuan Tzou; Fu-Chiarng Chen


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
314 KB
Volume
49
Category
Article
ISSN
0895-2477

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Abstract

This article presents a new circuit to generate a higher‐order derivative Gaussian pulse for the impulse radio ultra‐wideband (IR‐UWB) communication systems. This IR‐UWB pulse generator is designed and measured with the TSMC 0.18‐μm CMOS process. The circuit is able to generate a symmetrical and low‐ringing pulse in a frequency band from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz. Our work shows that the pulse generator's output pulse width is 500 ps with an amplitude of 40 mV (peak to peak). The measurement results validate our design and the circuit functionality. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 342–345, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.22132