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A 22.3-nW, 4.55 cm2 Temperature-Robust Wake-Up Receiver Achieving a Sensitivity of −69.5 dBm at 9 GHz | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore

A 22.3-nW, 4.55 cm2 Temperature-Robust Wake-Up Receiver Achieving a Sensitivity of −69.5 dBm at 9 GHz


Abstract:

This article presents a miniaturized wake-up receiver (WuRX) that is temperature-compensated yet still consumes only 22.3 nW (7.3 nW excluding the temperature-compensatio...Show More

Abstract:

This article presents a miniaturized wake-up receiver (WuRX) that is temperature-compensated yet still consumes only 22.3 nW (7.3 nW excluding the temperature-compensation blocks) while operating at 9 GHz (X-band). By moving the carrier frequency to 9 GHz and designing a high impedance, passive envelope detector (ED), the transformer size is reduced to 0.02 cm2 while still achieving 13.5 dB of passive RF voltage gain. To further reduce the area, a global common-mode feedback (CMFB) technique is utilized across the ED and baseband (BB) amplifier that eliminates the need for off-chip ac-coupling components. Multiple temperature-compensation techniques are proposed to maintain constant bandwidth of the signal path and constant clock frequency. The WuRX was implemented in 65- (RF) and 180-nm (BB) CMOS and achieves -69.5- and -64-dBm sensitivity with and without an antenna, respectively. Importantly, the sensitivity is demonstrated to vary by only 3 dB from -10 to 40 °C. This article demonstrates state-of-the-art performance for WuRXs operating at >1 GHz while achieving the smallest area and best temperature insensitivity.
Published in: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits ( Volume: 55, Issue: 6, June 2020)
Page(s): 1530 - 1541
Date of Publication: 04 November 2019

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