A fully monolithic 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB Si/SiGe HBT Impulse-UWB correlation receiver

A 3.1-to-10.6 GHz Impulse-UWB correlation receiver in a 0.8 mum Si/SiGe HBT technology is presented. The fully monolithic receiver with 0.8mm
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chip size comprises a low-noise amplifier with maximum noise figure of 3.2 dB, two single-ended to differential converters, an analog correlator and a template pulse generator approximating the fifth-derivative of a Gaussian impulse. It operates with pulse repetition rates up to 900 MHz (IF bandwidth limited) with a total power consumption of 200 mW.