Low-Power Direct Conversion Transceiver for 915 MHz Band IEEE 802.15.4b Standard Based on 0.18 μm CMOS Technology

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关键词: WPAN;    sensor network;    RF integrated circuits;    radio transceiver;    low power;    low cost;    IEEE 802154b;    direct conversion;    DC offset;    CMOS;    1/f noise;   

Others  :  1185715
DOI  :  10.4218/etrij.08.0107.0034

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents the experimental results of a low-power low-cost RF transceiver for the 915 MHz band IEEE 802.15.4b standard. Low power and low cost are achieved by optimizing the transceiver architecture and circuit design techniques. The proposed transceiver shares the analog baseband section for both receive and transmit modes to reduce the silicon area. The RF transceiver consumes 11.2 mA in receive mode and 22.5 mA in transmit mode under a supply voltage of 1.8 V, in which5 mA of quadrature voltage controlled oscillator is included. The proposed transceiver is implemented in a 0.18 m CMOS process and occupies 10 mm2 of silicon area.

   

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