Tao, J., Wang, N., Ng, E. J., Zhu, Y., & Heng, C.-H. (2021). A 5-pJ/Bit OOK Transmitter Using MEMS-Based RF Oscillator for IoT Application in 180-nm CMOS. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 31(10), 1158–1161. https://doi.org/10.1109/lmwc.2021.3107276
Abstract:
An 800-MHz OOK transmitter for short-range Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications is presented in this letter. The OOK transmitter utilizes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based RF oscillator for carrier frequency generation, leading to a hardware- and power-efficient architecture. The transmitter is implemented in a 180-nm CMOS process and delivers −12.4-dBm output power. The power consumption of the MEMS oscillator is only 0.24-mW with 126.3-dBc/Hz phase noise at 100-kHz offset and a figure-of-merit (FoM) of 210.5 dB due to the optimized high- Q aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric MEMS resonator. The transmitter can provide a 120-Mb/s data rate of OOK modulation with an energy efficiency of 5 pJ/bit by directly switching ON/OFF the power amplifier (PA). The 175-ns startup time of the MEMS-based oscillator can support very heavy duty-cycle transmitter operation, leading to ultralow average power consumption of 50 nW.
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This research / project is supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research - Nanosystems at the Edge
Grant Reference no. : A18A4b0055