A Sub-nW 2.4 GHz Transmitter for Low Data-Rate Sensing Applications
Author(s)
Mercier, Patrick Philip
Bandyopadhyay, Saurav
Lysaght, Andrew Christopher
Stankovic, Konstantina M.
Chandrakasan, Anantha P
Date Issued
April 2014
Journal
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Citation
Mercier, Patrick P., Saurav Bandyopadhyay, Andrew C. Lysaght, Konstantina M. Stankovic, and Anantha P. Chandrakasan. “A Sub-nW 2.4 GHz Transmitter for Low Data-Rate Sensing Applications.” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 49, no. 7 (July 2014): 1463–1474.
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Abstract
This paper presents the design of a narrowband transmitter and antenna system that achieves an average power consumption of 78 pW when operating at a duty-cycled data rate of 1 bps. Fabricated in a 0.18 μm CMOS process, the transmitter employs a direct-RF power oscillator topology where a loop antenna acts as a both a radiative and resonant element. The low-complexity single-stage architecture, in combination with aggressive power gating techniques and sizing optimizations, limited the standby power of the transmitter to only 39.7 pW at 0.8 V. Supporting both OOK and FSK modulations at 2.4 GHz, the transmitter consumed as low as 38 pJ/bit at an active-mode data rate of 5 Mbps. The loop antenna and integrated diodes were also used as part of a wireless power transfer receiver in order to kick-start the system power supply prior to energy harvesting operation.
MIT Department
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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DOI of Published Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jssc.2014.2316237
