High Output Dynamic UWB Pulse Generator for BPSK Modulations

E. Muhr (1) , R. Vauche (2) , Sylvain Bourdel (1) , Jean Gaubert (1) , Oswaldo Ramos Sparrow Ramos Sparrow (3) , Nicolas Dehaese (1) , I. Benamor (1) , Herve Barthelemy (1)

1 IM2NP - Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence
2 ISEN-TOULON - Institut Supérieur d'Electronique et du Numérique
3 LEAT - Laboratoire d'Electronique, Antennes et Télécommunications

This paper presents the design of a fully integrated pulse generator which allows BPSK modulation to be implemented. This emitter is based on the response filter architecture and has been integrated in a 130 nm CMOS technology with a 1.2 V supply voltage on a silicon area of 2.88 mm 2 . The bandwidth at -10 dB is about 1.8 GHz around 3.52 GHz. The output dynamic voltage is equal to 1.72 V peak to peak on a 100 Ω differential load which gives an energy of 1.93 pJ for the twice bipolar generated pulses and demonstrates the pulse generator capability to be used for bipolar modulations.

Mots clés: BPSK; Filter Impulse Response; IR-UWB; Pulse Generator

Domaines: Electromagnétisme; Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

E. Muhr, R. Vauche, Sylvain Bourdel, Jean Gaubert, Oswaldo Ramos Sparrow Ramos Sparrow, et al.. High Output Dynamic UWB Pulse Generator for BPSK Modulations. IEEE International Conference on Ultra Wideband (IC UWB), Sep 2013, Sydney, Australia. pp.170-174. ⟨hal-01435856⟩