CMOS Power Upconverter with Low Power Consumption Suitable for UWB-IR in Intra-Vehicular Wireless Communications and VWSNs

Resumen: The design of a power upconverter with low power consumption in a six metal layers, 180nm CMOS technology from UMC foundry is presented. The proposed circuit is highly linear, exhibiting an IIP3 of 13.55dBm, a conversion factor of -5.6dB, a consumption of 45.48uW and a 3GHz bandwidth ranging from 3GHz to 6GHz. These features make the proposal suitable for UWB-IR transmission.

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Alejandra Diaz Armendariz, Luis Abraham Sanchez Gaspariano, Victor Rodolfo Gonzalez Diaz & Alejandro Israel Bautista Castillo. CMOS Power Upconverter with Low Power Consumption Suitable for UWB-IR in Intra-Vehicular Wireless Communications and VWSNs. Memorias del Congreso Nacional de Control Automático, pp. 519-524, 2019.

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