A 6-b UWB subsampling track & hold with 5.5-GHz ERBW in 40 nm CMOS

Maarten Strackx; Emiliano D'Agostino; Paul Leroux; Patrick Reynaert

doi:10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851658

A 6-b UWB subsampling track & hold with 5.5-GHz ERBW in 40 nm CMOS

Maarten Strackx
, Emiliano D'Agostino
, Paul Leroux
, Patrick Reynaert

Research output › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper presents an ultra wideband track and hold (T/H) circuit using direct RF subsampling for radar applications. The circuit enables digitization of the whole received UWB pulse instead of a sole distance measurement used in correlating receivers. In this way, more target information is acquired for further digital processing. Subsampling was applied to achieve a low power concumption of 1.4 mW which includes the T/H core and clock generator. The circuit operates on a rail-to-rail input using the bootstrapping technique. To avoid reliability issues caused by bootstrapping the sampling switch, bulk switching and precharge techniques are introduced. An effective resolution bandwidth of 5.5-GHz was measured with an accuracy of 6-b. The track and hold circuit has been implemented in 40 nm CMOS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	61-64
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781479938629
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851658
State	Published - 2014
Event	2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014 - Tampa Bay, FL Duration: 1 Jun 2014 → 3 Jun 2014

Publication series

Name	Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium
ISSN (Print)	1529-2517

Conference

Conference	2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Tampa Bay, FL
Period	2014-06-01 → 2014-06-03

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering

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10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851658

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Strackx, M., D'Agostino, E., Leroux, P., & Reynaert, P. (2014). A 6-b UWB subsampling track & hold with 5.5-GHz ERBW in 40 nm CMOS. In Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014 (pp. 61-64). Article 6851658 (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851658

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Strackx, M , D'Agostino, E, Leroux, P & Reynaert, P 2014, A 6-b UWB subsampling track & hold with 5.5-GHz ERBW in 40 nm CMOS. in Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014., 6851658, Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 61-64, 2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014, Tampa Bay, FL, United States, 2014-06-01. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851658

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Strackx M , D'Agostino E, Leroux P, Reynaert P. A 6-b UWB subsampling track & hold with 5.5-GHz ERBW in 40 nm CMOS. In Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, RFIC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 61-64. 6851658. (Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium). doi: 10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851658