A Fully Integrated 62-to-69GHz Crystal-Less Transceiver with 12 Channels Tuned by a Transmission-LineReferenced FLL in 0.13µm BiCMOS

📋 论文概要

本文提出了一款完全集成的62-69GHz无晶体收发器，采用传输线参考的锁频环（FLL）实现12通道调谐，去除了外部晶体参考，适用于小型化无线传感器网络。

💡 主要创新点

• 使用传输线作为频率参考的FLL，实现晶体-less操作，减小了系统体积。
• 12通道调谐覆盖62-69GHz，支持多信道通信。
• 完全集成收发器，无需外部晶体和天线，适合无线传感器网络。

🏷 关键词

📄 原文摘要

The progress towards smaller Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has expanded the applications for ubiquitous sensing. However, the form-factor of a WSN is typically limited by bulky off-chip components, mainly the crystal reference and antenna. Recent work has focused on removing the crystal by recovering the reference from a received RF signal [1], replacing the crystal with an external FBAR resonator [2], using an openloop oscillator and compensating frequency drift at the gateway [3], or using an on-chip patch antenna for a reference [4]. This paper presents a fully integrated crystal-less TRX that supports node-to-node communication across 12 channels using an integrated transmission line as a reference to lock and tune the RF frequency. The integrated 3port slot antenna supports TX and RX modes without a TRX switch. The on-off keyed (OOK)-based uncertain IF TRX architecture enables node-to-node communication with

👥 作者与机构

Jaeho Im, Hyeongseok Kim, Omar Abdelatty, David D. Wentzloff

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI