Gated threshold compensated noncoherent PPM receiver for UWB impulse radio

Tamás Krébesz, Géza Kolumbán, Chi Kong Tse, Chung Ming Lau

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Abstract

Since the coherent receivers are not feasible to implement low-cost ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radio (IR) devices featuring extremely low power consumption, energy detector-based (ED-based) noncoherent receivers are more and more frequently chosen. The Pulse Polarity Modulation (PPM) scheme with a threshold compensated receiver is a promising candidate for the implementation of cheap and robust UWB IR devices. Unfortunately, the field tests and computer simulations have shown the well known fact that the noise performance of noncoherent demodulators is much behind that of their coherent counterparts. The poor noise performance results in a such a bad receiver sensitivity that prevents the use of noncoherent receivers in the majority of real applications. This contribution shows how the noise performance of non-coherent threshold compensated PPM receiver can be improved considerably by disabling the receiver outside of the UWB pulse where only channel noise and interference is observed. The novel receiver configuration, referred to as gated threshold compensated noncoherent PPM receiver offers an 8-dB improvement in receiver sensitivity.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISCAS 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Subtitle of host publicationNano-Bio Circuit Fabrics and Systems
Pages1097-1100
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2010
Event2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems: Nano-Bio Circuit Fabrics and Systems, ISCAS 2010 - Paris, France
Duration: 30 May 20102 Jun 2010

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems: Nano-Bio Circuit Fabrics and Systems, ISCAS 2010
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period30/05/102/06/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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