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A low data rate FM-UWB transmitter with-based sub-carrier modulation and quasi-continuous frequency-locked loop

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In this article, the authors describe the architecture and circuit design of a low data rate FM-UWB transmitter with a Δ-Σ fractional-N PLL with a multi-phase relaxation oscillator to enable sub-carrier modulation with reduced quantization noise.
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This paper describes the architecture and circuit design of a low data rate FM-UWB transmitter. A Δ-Σ fractional-N PLL with a multi-phase relaxation oscillator is designed to enable sub-carrier modulation with reduced quantization noise. The triangular waveform output of the relaxation oscillator directly modulates an LC VCO to have the UWB-compliant spectrum. The center frequency of the LC VCO is quasi-continuously tuned by a Δ-Σ DAC based frequency-locked loop with the power consumption of 1.1mW. The 3.43–4.03GHz FM-UWB transmitter implemented in 0.18μm CMOS consumes the total power of 9.6mW.

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Short-Range Low-Data-Rate FM-UWB Transceivers: Overview, Analysis, and Design

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One Mbps 1 nJ/b 3.5–4 GHz Fully Integrated FM-UWB Transmitter for WBAN Applications

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Low power, non invasive UWB systems for WBAN and biomedical applications

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