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Design and simulation of pulse generator for UWB based on LC-tank differential oscillators topology
Author(s) -
Nhan Nguyen,
Nghia Duong,
Anh Dinh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
khoa học công nghệ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1859-0128
DOI - 10.32508/stdj.v18i3.840
Subject(s) - pulse generator , pulse (music) , transmitter , ultra wideband , topology (electrical circuits) , nmos logic , pulse width modulation , power (physics) , generator (circuit theory) , electrical engineering , cmos , lc circuit , physics , electronic engineering , materials science , engineering , channel (broadcasting) , capacitor , transistor , voltage , quantum mechanics
This paper presents a detailed analysis, design and simulation of pulse generator for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) based on LC-tank differential oscillators topology. The differential oscillators with a cross-coupled NMOS pair and a tail current source are used to achieve more positive gain and generate negative resistance to the LC-tank. Besides, this oscillator is suitable for UWB high frequency and low power applications. The UWB pulse generator is composed of a simple on-off keying (OOK) modulated and LC-tank differential oscillators. The circuit of UWB pulse generator designed and simulated in 0.13 um CMOS technology. The UWB pulse generator generates a pulse for the 6 - 10 GHz UWB transmitter. Simulation results show a pulse width of 586 ps, a peak to peak amplitude pulse of 88.6 mV from the 1.2 V power supply and the die area of 0.22 mm2. The average power consumption of approximately 0.55 mW and an energy consumption of 1.1 pJ/pulse at 500 MHz pulse repetition rate (PRR) are observed.