Abstract
A low-power low-noise 0.7-V mixer-first RF frontend for an IEEE 802.15.6 narrowband receiver is presented, which uses frequency translated mutual noise cancellation based on passive coupling. Unlike traditional noise-cancelling techniques, we perform symmetrical noise cancellation of a fully differential structure where each path cancels the noise of the other at IF. This prototype design realized in TSMC's 65-nm CMOS tackles the noise figure and power consumption problems of sub-1-V mixers. The figure of merit is 10 dB higher and the power consumption is 194 μW, which is 0.5 × lower than the state-of-the-art. The local oscillator power used is-14 dBm.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 7434652 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1102-1109 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) through the Texas Analog Center of Excellence at the University of Texas at Dallas (Task ID: 1836.98). This paper is an expanded version from the IEEE RFIC Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, USA May 17-19, 2015.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
Keywords
- 802.15.6
- RF
- Wireless body area network (WBAN)
- low power
- noise cancellation
- receiver