ISSCC 2017
Session 18
Wireless
A 1.7-to-2.2GHz Full-Duplex Transceiver System with >50dB Self-Interference Cancellation over 42MHz Bandwidth
Full-duplex (FD) radio communication potentially doubles the spectral efficiency in the densely occupied RF spectrum (100MHz to 5GHz). However, significant challenges remain, particularly the presence of a strong transmi
ISSCC 2016
Session 19
Digital Circuits
Voltage-Scalable Frequency-Independent Quasi-Resonant Clocking Implementation of a 0.7-to-1.2V DVFS System
Clock power remains a substantial contributor to power dissipation, from ultralow-power to high-performance systems [1, 2, 3]. Recently, resonant clocking has been shown to achieve power reduction in clock distribution n
ISSCC 2015
Session 25
RF & Wireless
A ±3ppm 1.1mW FBAR Frequency Reference with 750MHz Output and 750mV Supply
Multiple emerging wireless applications (body-worn devices and IoT, for example) will demand previously impossible thin-film form factors and low system cost. One key enabling technology for this paradigm is a new class
ISSCC 2014
Session 21
Clocking & PLLs
A 1.8mW PLL-Free Channelized 2.4GHz ZigBee Receiver Utilizing Fixed-LO TemperatureCompensated FBAR Resonator
Avago Technologies, San Jose, CA 1 feed forward the RF signal into M4 and M6 to reduce the differential signal imbalance. Simulated results show that the gain and phase imbalance of the proposed LNA are improved by 5.6dB
ISSCC 2013
Session 25
Wireless
A 1.6mW 300mV-Supply 2.4GHz Receiver with -94dBm Sensitivity for Energy-Harvesting Applications
9.3 shows the schematic of the IF-chain. Due to the severe headroom limitation, we used two single-ended self-biased inverters instead of OTAs as IF amplifiers. Compared to a conventional common-source stage, this curren
ISSCC 2011
Session 26
Wireless
A 120µW MICS/ISM-Band FSK Receiver with a 44µW Low-Power Mode Based on Injection-Locking and 9x Frequency Multiplication
For true low-power peer-to-peer wireless links for sensing, link symmetry must be maintained unlike in [1,2] where the burden is shifted to the receiver. In addition, the transceiver power dissipation and performance sho
ISSCC 2011
Session 24
Other
A Switched-Capacitor Power Amplifier for EER/Polar Transmitters
Wireless high-speed communication standards such as WiFi, WiMax and LTE use spectrally-efficient OFDM modulation that encodes signal information in both amplitude and phase. Use of this non-constant envelope modulation r
ISSCC 2011
Session 2
Medical & Bio
A 3µW Wirelessly Powered CMOS Glucose Sensor for an Active Contact Lens
The increase in the diabetes population makes glucose monitoring a pressing demand for clinical and continuous use. Non-invasive sensing would allow a painless, convenient solution compared to traditional skin-piercing g
ISSCC 2010
Session 2
RF & Wireless
A 9.2µA Gen 2 Compatible UHF RFID Sensing Tag with -12dBm Sensitivity and 1.25µVrms InputReferred Noise Floor
Passive RFID technology enables battery-free wearable and implantable sensors with an unlimited lifespan, small size, and sub-gram weight. These properties facilitate advanced biomedical research (such as untethered moni
ISSCC 2009
Session 24
Wireless
A 7.2mW Quadrature GPS Receiver in 0.13µm CMOS
New design techniques are needed for ultra-low-power battery-operated CMOS transceivers with ever-shrinking minimum feature sizes and power supply voltages. A fully-integrated low-IF receiver front-end for GPS applicatio
ISSCC 2009
Session 11
Wireless
A 500µW Neural Tag with 2µVrms AFE and Frequency-Multiplying MICS/ISM FSK Transmitter
Advances in electronic-neural interfaces have shown great potential for both neuroscience research and medical devices. Much of the work to date has focused on short-range inductive links for power and communication tran