An ultra-low-power injection locked transmitter for wireless sensor networks

被引:55
作者
Chee, Yuen Hui [1 ]
Niknejad, Ali M. [1 ]
Rabaey, Jan M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Berkeley Wireless Res Ctr, Berkeley, CA 94704 USA
关键词
film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR); injection locking; low power; MEMS; transmitter; wireless sensor networks;
D O I
10.1109/JSSC.2006.877254
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper presents the principles for designing low-power transmitters for wireless sensor networks. Based on these principles, an injection-locked transmitter is implemented in a standard 0.13-mu m CMOS process and packaged using chip-on-board assembly. The transmitter utilizes a film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) to obtain a stable carrier at 1.9 GHz. At 0 dBm output power, the transmitter achieves an efficiency of 32% at 50 kb/s and 28% at 156 kb/s. With 50% on-off keying, the transmitter consumes 1.6 and 1.8 mW, respectively.
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页码:1740 / 1748
页数:9
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