Abstract
A low-power transceiver for medical implant communication service is presented. The device consists of three subsystems, which perform wake-up signal reception, data-link binary frequency-shift keying (BFSK) reception, and transmission, respectively. A common antenna interface is reused in the three subsystems, reducing circuit complexity and number of external components. Super-regenerative architecture is used for wake-up reception, and g m-boosted common-gate stages are used to optimize receiver (RX) performance with low power consumption. The transmitter employs an all-digital frequency-locked loop to directly drive a class AB power amplifier. The transmitter can alternatively use an injection-locked power oscillator for lower bit rates and power consumption. The integrated circuit is designed and fabricated on a 0.18-μm CMOS process. The wake-up RX achieves a - 80-dBm sensitivity for a 50-kb/s signal and a 280-μW dissipation. The BFSK RX achieves a - 97-dBm sensitivity for a 75-kb/s signal and a 2-mW power consumption. Finally, the transmitter achieves an output power of -5 dBm for a power consumption of 2.9 mW.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 5738362 |
Pages (from-to) | 1369-1378 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2011 |
Keywords
- All-digital fractional-N type-I phased-locked loop (PLL)
- injection locking
- low power
- medical implants
- reconfigurable RF
- super-regenerative receiver (RX)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering