1. Electronic Engineering Department Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Providing an UWB-IR BAN wireless communications network and its application to design a very low power transceiver in CMOS technology. Author: Enrique Barajas, Thesis Advisors: Diego Mateo, José Luis González

2. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 2 Outline Wireless Communications Ultra-wideband Impulse Radio Implementation and Measurements

3. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 3 Wireless Communications Ultra-wideband Impulse Radio Implementation and Measurements Outline

4. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 4 Wireless Communications Distance Power Speed

5. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 5 Distance Power Speed Zigbee Bluetooth Wireless Communications Wifi

6. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 6 Wireless Communications Ultra-wideband Impulse Radio Implementation and Measurements Outline

7. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 7 FCC part 15 Bandwidth > 500 MHz !! Narrow band solutions extended MB-OFDM UWB DS-UWB 1 Gbps Wireless USB Wireless HDMI Ultra-wideband

8. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 8 Frequency Power Spectral Density FCC part 15BW > 500MHz !! Ultra-wideband

9. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 9 Distance Speed Zigbee Bluetooth UWB Ultra-wideband Wifi Power

10. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 10 Wireless Communications Ultra-wideband Impulse Radio UWB Implementation and Measurements Outline

11. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 11 Distance Speed Data is more likely to be shared at short range Impulse Radio UWB But with low power

12. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 12 Distance Speed Zigbee Bluetooth Wifi UWB IR Impulse Radio UWB Power

13. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 13 Impulse Radio UWB Like R.A.D.A.R. “0”“1”

14. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 14 Wireless Communications Ultra-wideband Impulse Radio Implementation and Measurements Outline

15. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 15 Implementation and Measurements Digital→ Analog

16. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 16 Die micro-photography and PCB Die size: 1450 µm x 1450 µm

17. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 17 Test bench setup at CTTC Castelldefels

18. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 18 Measurements

19. 1 st Barcelona Forum on Ph.D. Research in Electronic Engineering 19 Implementation and Measurements 0.18 μm CMOS transceiver BAN (<1 meter) High Speed (200 Mbps) Low Power (<20 mW)

20. Electronic Engineering Department Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Providing an UWB-IR BAN wireless communications network and its application to design a very low power transceiver in CMOS technology. Author: Enrique Barajas, Thesis Advisors: Diego Mateo, José Luis González