Design of An Ultra Wideband Transmitter in 0.18μm 3D Silicon on Insulator CMOS

The three-dimensional (3D) integration of silicon on insulator (SOI) wafers has provided us with a tremendous opportunity for ultra-high density, high performance and low-power integrated circuits. We present in this paper an ultra wideband transmitter fabricated in a fully depleted 3D SOI technology. It operates below 960 MHz with small ominidirectional antennas, such as a dipole.