A 2.54 Gbps, 1.22 pJ/Bit, IR-UWB Transmitter With a Power-Gating Technique

This brief presents an impulse radio-ultrawideband (IR-UWB) transmitter (Tx) that achieves high energy efficiency and data rate through a power-gating (PG) technique and hybrid modulation scheme. PG minimizes static power consumption by activating the digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) only during transmission. A hybrid modulation scheme combines frequency- shift keying (FSK) with digitalized multi pulse position modulation (D-MPPM) and pulse width modulation (PWM) to increase modulation order. Implemented in 6.5-8.5 GHz, the proposed PG-DCO Tx achieves a data rate of 2.54 Gbps with an energy efficiency of 1.22 pJ/bit, approaching the 1 pJ/bit energy-efficiency barrier for UWB transmitters.