A 434MHz Wakeup Receiver Analog Frontend based on a Switched Injection-Triggered Oscillator with -91 dBm Input Sensitivity and 175 pJ/bit Efficiency

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Abstract

A 434 MHz analog frontend for wakeup receivers based on a switched injection-triggered oscillator (SITO) designed in IHP SGB25V 250 nm BiCMOS technology is presented. On-off keying (OOK) demodulation is performed by evaluating the ramp-up time of a one-port oscillator. The oscillator drives a dual resonator consisting of an off-chip LC parallel tank in parallel to a surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator. In conjunction with an antenna switch the SAW resonator alternatingly accumulates signal energy and emits it as a pulse to trigger the oscillator ramp-up. This results in a high measured input sensitivity of -91dBm (without coding) while delivering a narrow measured 3dB input filtering bandwidth of 166kHz due to the high quality factor of the SAW resonator. Bitwise duty cycling leads to an energy efficient receiver frontend with a low measured DC energy per bit of 175pJ. Data rate and DC power can be scaled over a wide range from 100bps at 17.5nW up to 15kbps at 2.6μW (all measured).

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2024 19th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages251-254
Number of pages4
ISBN (electronic)9782874870781
ISBN (print)979-8-3503-8512-0
Publication statusPublished - 24 Sept 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title19th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference
Abbreviated titleEuMIC 2024
Conference number19
Duration23 - 24 September 2024
LocationParis Expo Porte de Versailles
CityParis
CountryFrance

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-5439-1401/work/173054044
Scopus 85208560442

Keywords

Keywords

  • Acoustic measurements, Antenna measurements, Microwave oscillators, Power measurement, Q-factor, Receivers, Sensitivity, Surface acoustic waves, Switches, Switching circuits, input network, low-power, oscillator, SAW, on-off keying, wake-up receiver