A 3.1-4.8 GHz transmitter with a high frequency divider in 0.18 μm CMOS for OFDM-UWB

A fully integrated low power RF transmitter for a WiMedia 3.1-4.8 GHz multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing ultra-wideband system is presented. With a separate transconductance stage, the quadrature up-conversion modulator achieves high linearity with low supply voltage. The co-design of different resonant frequencies of the modulator and the differential to single (D2S) converter ensures in-band gain flatness. By means of a series inductor peaking technique, the D2S converter obtains 9 dB more gain without extra power consumption. A divided-by-2 divider is used for carrier signal generation. The measurement results show an output power between -10.7 and -3.1 dBm with 7.6 dB control range, an OIP3 up to 12 dBm, a sideband rejection of 35 dBc and a carrier rejection of 30 dBc. The ESD protected chip is fabricated in the Jazz 0.18/zm RF CMOS process with an area of 1.74 mm~2 and only consumes 32 mA current (at 1.8 V) including the test associated parts.     

A 3.1-4.8 GHz CMOS receiver for MB-OFDM UWB

An integrated fully differential ultra-wideband CMOS receiver for 3.1-4.8 GHz MB-OFDM systems is presented. A gain controllable low noise amplifier and a merged quadrature mixer are integrated as the RF front-end. Five order Gm-C type low pass filters and VGAs are also integrated for both I and Q IF paths in the receiver. The ESD protected chip is fabricated in a Jazz 0.18μm RF CMOS process and achieves a maximum total voltage gain of 65 dB, an AGC range of 45 dB with about 6 dB/step, an averaged total noise figure of 6.4 to 8.8 dB over 3 bands and an in-band IIP3 of-5.1 dBm. The receiver occupies 2.3 mm2 and consumes 110 mA from a 1.8 V supply including test buffers and a digital module.     

A monolithic 3.1-4.8 GHz MB-OFDM UWB transceiver in 0.18-μm CMOS

A monolithic RF transceiver for an MB-OFDM UWB system in 3.1-4.8 GHz is presented.The transceiver adopts direct-conversion architecture and integrates all building blocks including a gain controllable wideband LNA,a I/Q merged quadrature mixer,a fifth-order Gm-C bi-quad Chebyshev LPF/VGA,a fast-settling frequency synthesizer with a poly-phase filter,a linear broadband up-conversion quadrature modulator,an active D2S converter and a variablegain power amplifier.The ESD protected transceiver is fabricated in Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-μm RF CMOS with an area of 6.1 mm2 and draws a total current of 221 mA from 1.8-V supply.The receiver achieves a maximum voltage gain of 68 dB with a control range of 42 dB in 6 dB/Step,noise figures of 5.5-8.8 dB for three sub-bands,and an inband/out-band IIP3 better than-4 dBm/+9 dBm.The transmitter achieves an output power ranging from-10.7 to-3dBm with gain control,an output P1dB better than-7.7 dBm,a sideband rejection about 32.4 dBc,and LO suppression of 31.1 dBc.The hopping time among sub-bands is less than 2.05 ns.     

DS-UWB和MB-OFDM的应用优势分析

DS-UWB和MB-OFDM是两种基于IEEE802．3标准的超宽带无线通信技术,主要介绍了这两种技术体制的发展现状,并对它们的应用优势进行了比较,对超宽带无线通信技术的应用和技术体制的选择具有重要的指导意义。     

超宽带定位研究与应用:回顾和展望

 超宽带(Ultra-Wideband,UWB)技术能获得比现有无线定位技术更高的测距定位精度.本文主要讨论UWB定位技术的研究和应用,包括TOA/TDOA(Time/Time Difference of Arrival)等UWB定位方法、多径时延估计理论、非视距定位和协作式定位、多带OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)定位和其他超宽带信号定位方式等方面,对其发展历程和现状进行了充分的叙述和分析,最后指出了仍存在的问题和值得进一步探讨的方向.     

一种新的MB-OFDM-UWB技术分析与应用

提出了一种新的超宽带通信实现方式,该方式基于MB-OFDM技术,用户数据在时域和频域交织传输,形成了新的MB-TFI（时频交织）-OFDM方式.结合MBOA实际案例,分析了MB-OFDM芯片的商业化和产品化进程及前景展望.研究表明,MB-TFI-OFDM UWB技术以它独特的优势,将会促进MB-OFDM方案的发展,得到越来越多厂商的支持与应用,从而有希望成为WPAN物理层的标准技术.     

UWB系统测试解决方案

UWB系统的实现方式和传统意义上的窄带系统是完全不同的,因此如何对UWB系统进行有效测试已成为业界的难点。本文在介绍UWB原理的基础上,给出了R&S公司相应的测试解决方案,可以满足UWB客户的测试需求。     

MB-OFDM-UWB系统基于时域扩展的盲频率跟踪算法

对多频带正交频分复用超宽带系统同步技术进行研究,提出一种基于时域扩展技术（TDS）的盲载波频偏（CFO）跟踪算法。利用数据符号与其时域扩展符号的特殊映射关系,在时域和频域分别推导出残余载波频偏的盲估计公式,并构建相应的时频跟踪环路。仿真结果表明,该盲算法具有比导频辅助法更优的跟踪性能。10dB信噪比下,基于TDS进行时频跟踪的残余CFO均方根误差均达到2×10?4,系统误比特率可达10?6数量级。     

多速率超宽带通信系统中天线传输性能的研究

利用实验测量结合数值仿真的方法,研究了特定室内环境中,不同形状超宽带单极子天线对不同速率多带正交频分(MB-OFDM)超宽带通信系统传输性能的影响.仿真与实验中,MB-OFDM平台采用MATLAB的simulink工具实现,天线与传播环境构成的广义信道特性则通过矢量网络分析仪进行测量.结果表明,单极子天线形状对不同速率MB-OFDM系统的传输误比特率性能有显著影响,文章的方法可用于多速率超宽带通信系统收发天线的优选和性能评价.     

MB-OFDM UWB系统频偏估计方法改进研究

针对多带OFDM超宽带(MB-OFDM UWB)系统,依据物理层国际标准ECMA-368,对现有的频偏估计方法做了改进,提出了一种高性能、低复杂度、高鲁棒性的联合载波和采样频偏估计方法。该方法在SC算法基础上,通过选择合适的相关距离,使频偏估计算法适合于所有的跳频模式,同时也改善了估计性能。仿真结果表明,新方法在保证估计性能的基础上可有效降低复杂度,适合于高速MB-OFDM UWB系统。