A 78 pW 1 [b over s] 2.4 GHz radio transmitter for near-zero-power sensing applications
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Mercier, Patrick Philip; Bandyopadhyay, Saurav; Lysaght, Andrew Christopher; Stankovic, Konstantina M; Chandrakasan, Anantha P.; Stankovic, Konstantina M.; ... Show more Show less
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This paper presents an ultra-low-standby-power radio transmitter that was designed for applications with extreme energy storage and/or energy harvesting constraints. By utilizing aggressive power gating techniques within a low-complexity architecture featuring only a single RF stage, the transmitter achieved a standby power consumption of 39.7 pW. The architecture employed a direct-RF power oscillator that featured an on-board loop antenna that functioned as both the resonant and radiative element. Supporting both OOK and FSK modulations, the transmitter consumed 38 [pJ over bit] at an instantaneous data rate of 5 [Mb over s]. After duty-cycling down to an average data rate of 1 [b over s], the transmitter consumed an average power of 78 pW.
Date issued
2013-09Department
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceJournal
Proceedings of the ESSCIRC (ESSCIRC), 2013
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Mercier, Patrick P. et al. “A 78 pW 1 [B over s] 2.4 GHz Radio Transmitter for near-Zero-Power Sensing Applications.” IEEE, 2013. 133–136.
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978-1-4799-0645-1
978-1-4799-0643-7
ISSN
1930-8833