Co-design of ESD protection and UWB RF front-end ICs  

作　　者：WANG Xin TANG He LIN Lin LIU Jian FANG Qiang ZHAO Hui WANG Albert SHI ZiTao FAN SiQiang ZHAO Bin YANG LiWu HE Jun CHENG YuHua 

机构地区：[1]Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA [2]Shanghai Research Institute of Mieroelectronies, Peking University, Shanghai 201203, China [3]Fairchild Semiconductor, Irvine 92618, USA [4]Semiconductor Manufucturing International Corporation, San Jose 95054, USA [5]Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, Shanghai 201203, China

出　　处：《Science China(Information Sciences)》2011年第10期2209-2220,共12页中国科学（信息科学）（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.60172033,60672139,60672140)

摘　　要：This paper discusses critical aspects for co-design of ultra wideband （UWB） system-on-chip （SoC） and on-chip electrostatic discharge （ESD） protection, which are beyond the considerations on data rate and bandwidth. Impulse radio UWB system architecture has been defined with critical building blocks proposed and verified, including pulse generator, transmitter, low noise amplifier （LNA） and multiplier based correlator. ESD protection is well considered for each related block. Design examples have been implemented in a commercial RFCMOS processes to demonstrate the working principles for key UWB transmitter and receiver circuit blocks. UWB-ESD co-design techniques, simulation and measurement results for these UWB RF modules are presented in detail.This paper discusses critical aspects for co-design of ultra wideband （UWB） system-on-chip （SoC） and on-chip electrostatic discharge （ESD） protection, which are beyond the considerations on data rate and bandwidth. Impulse radio UWB system architecture has been defined with critical building blocks proposed and verified, including pulse generator, transmitter, low noise amplifier （LNA） and multiplier based correlator. ESD protection is well considered for each related block. Design examples have been implemented in a commercial RFCMOS processes to demonstrate the working principles for key UWB transmitter and receiver circuit blocks. UWB-ESD co-design techniques, simulation and measurement results for these UWB RF modules are presented in detail.

关 键 词：UWB impulse radio pulse generator BPSK modulation TRANSMITTER LNA MULTIPLIER correlator ESD protection CO-DESIGN 

分 类 号：TN92[电子电信—通信与信息系统] TP336[电子电信—信息与通信工程]