scholarly journals A PVT-Robust Super-Regenerative Receiver with Background Frequency Calibration and Concurrent Quenching Waveform

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin ◽  
Fu ◽  
El-Sankary
Keyword(s):  
Data Stream ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Phase Error ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Noise Performance ◽  
Frequency Calibration

A process-voltage-temperature (PVT)-robust, low power, low noise, and high sensitivity, super-regenerative (SR) receiver is proposed in this paper. To enable high sensitivity and robust-PVT operation, a fast locking phase-locked-loop (PLL) with initial random phase error reduction is proposed to continuously adjust the center frequency deviations of the SR oscillator (SRO) without interrupting the input data stream. Additionally, a concurrent quenching waveform (CQW) technique is devised to improve the SRO sensitivity and its noise performance. The proposed SRO architecture is controlled by two separate biasing branches to extend the sensitivity accumulation (SA) phase and reduce its noise during the SR phase, compared to the conventional optimal quenching waveform (OQW). The proposed SR receiver is implemented at 2.46 GHz center frequency in 180 nm SMIC CMOS technology and achieves better sensitivity, power consumption, noise performance, and PVT immunity compared with existent SR receiver architectures.

scholarly journals Precession Azimuth Sensing with Low-Noise Molecular Electronics Angular Sensors

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry L. Zaitsev ◽  
Vadim M. Agafonov ◽  
Egor V. Egorov ◽  
Alexander N. Antonov ◽  
Vladimir G. Krishtop
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Electronics ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rotational Velocity ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Motion Sensors ◽  
Noise Performance ◽  
Rotating Platform ◽  
Vector Projection ◽  
Signal Processing Algorithms

This paper describes the use of MET-based low-noise angular motion sensors to precisely determine azimuth direction in a dynamic-scheme method of measuring the Earth’s rotational velocity vector. The scheme includes sensor installation on a rotating platform so that it could scan the space and seek for the position of the highest Earth’s rotation vector projection on its axis. This method is very efficient provided a low-noise sensor is used. A low-cost angular sensor based on MET (molecular electronic transduction) technology has been used. The sensors of this kind were originally developed for seismic activity monitoring and are well known for very good noise performance and high sensitivity. This approach, combined with the use of special signal processing algorithms, allowed reaching the accuracy of 0.2°, while the measurement time was less than 100 seconds.

scholarly journals Non-Linear Mathematical Modelling for Phase Locked Loop

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.10) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Prithiviraj R ◽  
Selvakumar J
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Phase Error ◽  
Phase Locked Loop ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Voltage Controlled Oscillator ◽  
Loop Filter ◽  
Non Linear

Design of Phase Locked Loop (PLL) plays a vital role in transceiver field. Phase Locked Loop comprises of three blocks, namely Phase and frequency detector, loop filter and voltage-controlled oscillator. The greater advancements in CMOS technology such as high frequency, high speed, low noise and phase error leads to low-cost PLL This work aims to develop higher order non-linear models of general Phase Locked Loop. The condition of stability and choice of loop filter is also determined. Based on the analysis, the transfer function for PLL is determined.  

Fully Differential Difference Amplifier for Low-Noise and Low-Distortion Applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 1640019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Arbet ◽  
Gabriel Nagy ◽  
Martin Kováč ◽  
Viera Stopjaková
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
High Dynamic Range ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Noise Performance ◽  
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems ◽  
Differential Signal ◽  
Fully Differential ◽  
Differential Difference Amplifier ◽  
High Dynamic

In this paper, a fully differential difference amplifier (FDDA) designed in 0.35[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m CMOS technology is presented. The proposed amplifier reaches high dynamic range (DR) and low input referred noise. Comparison of noise performance of the proposed FDDA to an ordinary differential amplifier has been performed. Achieved results prove that the developed amplifier circuit can be advantageously used in applications that require a fully differential signal. Then, simulation results have been verified by the measurement of prototyped chips. In our work, the proposed amplifier was experimentally employed in the analog frontend of the readout interface (RI) for a Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) capacitive microphone.

A 79GHz Adaptive Gain Low Noise Amplifier for Radar Receivers

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.24) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
J Manjula ◽  
A Ruhan Bevi
Keyword(s):  
Reflection Coefficient ◽  
Noise Figure ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Input Power ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Low Noise Amplifier ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Adaptive Biasing ◽  
Noise Amplifier

This paper presents an Adaptive Gain 79GHz Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) suitable for Radars applications. The circuit schematic is a two stage LNA consists of Differential cascode configuration followed by a simple common source amplifier with an Adaptive Biasing (ADB) circuit. Adaptive biasing is a three- stage common source amplifier to decrease output voltage as input power increases. The circuit is simulated in 180nm CMOS technology and the simulation results have proved that the circuit operates at the center frequency 79GHz with adaptive biasing for adaptive gain. The gain analysis shows a decrease of 35-30dB with an increase in input power -50 to 0 dB. At 79GHz the circuit has achieved the input reflection coefficient (S11) of -24.7dB, reverse isolation (S12) of -3 dB, forward transmission coefficient (S21) of -2.97dB and output reflection coefficient (S22) of -5.62 dB with the reduced noise figure of 0.9 dB and a power consumption of 236 mW.  

scholarly journals Design and Optimization of a Low Power Pressure Sensor for Wireless Biomedical Applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sosa ◽  
Juan A. Montiel-Nelson ◽  
R. Pulido ◽  
Jose C. Garcia-Montesdeoca
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Pressure Sensor ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Pressure Sensors ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Least Significant Bit

A blood pressure sensor suitable for wireless biomedical applications is designed and optimized. State-of-the-art blood pressure sensors based on piezoresistive transducers in a full Wheatstone bridge configuration use low ohmic values because of relatively high sensitivity and low noise approach resulting in high power consumption. In this paper, the piezoresistance values are increased in order to reduce by one order of magnitude the power consumption in comparison with literature approaches. The microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensor, the mixed signal circuits signal conditioning circuitry, and the successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) are designed, optimized, and integrated in the same substrate using a commercial 1 μm CMOS technology. As result of the optimization, we obtained a digital sensor with high sensitivity, low noise (0.002 μV/Hz), and low power consumption (358 μW). Finally, the piezoresistance noise does not affect the pressure sensor application since its value is lower than half least significant bit (LSB) of the ADC.

Alternative Level 1A to 1B Processing of GRACE Follow-On LRI data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malte Misfeldt ◽  
Vitali Müller ◽  
Gerhard Heinzel ◽  
Karsten Danzmann
Keyword(s):  
Data Stream ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Laser Frequency ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Laser Ranging ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Time Correction

<p>The Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI) on-board GRACE Follow-On, which was launched in May 2018, provides ranging data between two satellites with previously unknown precision. The low noise level of approximately 200 pm/rtHz at Fourier frequencies around 10 Hz allows us to investigate features, that have not been seen before in the ranging data.  </p><p>Due to this high sensitivity of the LRI, we are able to assess spurious linear non-gravitational accelerations in direction of the line-of-sight caused by attitude thruster activation, which should ideally produce only angular motion. This analysis may help to refine the models used in the Calibrated Accelerometer Data (ACT) product. The ACT product is derived from raw accelerometer data and corrects artefacts present in the raw accelerometer (ACC) product. However, linear non-gravitational accelerations can only be measured in narrow frequency ranges by the LRI, where the gravity ranging signal decayed below other contributors.</p><p>The conversion of LRI Level-1A to 1B is a complex task that comprises non-trivial removal of phase jumps, scaling, filtering and interpolation of data. In order to access the high-quality ranging data and have low post-fit residuals, the LRI instrument team at the Albert-Einstein Institute (AEI) in Hanover, Germany derived an alternative LRI Level-1B data product for January 2019 with some improvements compared to the official SDS RL04 data. The data can be downloaded at https://wolke7.aei.mpg.de/s/AYza4wrFjYBxHHQ.</p><p>In this poster we compare the AEI release with RL04 and explain the differences in the preprocessing of the data, which mainly originate from a more sophisticated estimation of the scale factor (i.e. the absolute laser frequency or wavelength), a continuous data stream without biases at day bounds and a light time correction with less noise from numerical inaccuracies.</p>

scholarly journals Characterization of a dual-beam, dual-camera optical imaging polarimeter

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (4) ◽  
pp. 4676-4686
Author(s):  
Manisha Shrestha ◽  
Iain A Steele ◽  
Andrzej S Piascik ◽  
Helen Jermak ◽  
Robert J Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Imaging ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Reduction Algorithm ◽  
Dual Beam ◽  
Instrumental Polarization ◽  
Transient Sources

ABSTRACT Polarization plays an important role in various time-domain astrophysics to understand the magnetic fields, geometry, and environments of spatially unresolved variable sources. In this paper we present the results of laboratory and on-sky testing of a novel dual-beam, dual-camera optical imaging polarimeter (MOPTOP) exploiting high sensitivity, low-noise CMOS technology, and designed to monitor variable and transient sources with low systematic errors and high sensitivity. We present a data reduction algorithm that corrects for sensitivity variations between the cameras on a source-by-source basis. Using our data reduction algorithm, we show that our dual-beam, dual-camera technique delivers the benefits of low and stable instrumental polarization (<0.05 per cent for lab data and <0.25 per cent for on sky data) and high throughput while avoiding the additional sky brightness and image overlap problems associated with dual-beam, single-camera polarimeters.

The Blue Light Defects Activation in A-Si:H Pin Photodiode as a Biosensor

2020 ◽  
Vol 843 ◽  
pp. 64-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Gradišnik ◽  
Darko Gumbarević
Keyword(s):  
Energy Distribution ◽  
Blue Light ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
State Density ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Defect States ◽  
Lab On Chip

The microfluidic Lab-On-Chip (LOC) systems, based on the CMOS technology, today grow rapidly based on requirement of the Point-of-care-testing (POCT). It is a need for a high sensitive biotransducers, as a part of biosensors to be integrated on LOC system. To detect low-level of light emitted by an analyte, promising material and devices are a p-i-n a-Si:H photodiodes. The observed absorbance of blue light in human cells HeLa (cervical carcinoma) induct H2O2 in same cells and consequently, chemical reaction with NO, detected as chemiluminescence signal by the photodiode, as well as formation of cytotoxic singlet oxygen. On the other side a-Si:H p-i-n photodiode has a high sensitivity on blue light at low-light intensity, good spectral responsivity and small reflectance for blue light, low dark current, low-noise in the range of low reverse bias voltages. The photoconductivity of a-Si:H p-i-n photodiode is influenced by the native and light induced localized state density and their energy distribution in the energy gap of intrinsic a-Si:H. It is observed that the defect states of i-layer at various bias voltages contribute to the detection of HeLa cells chemiluminescence. The optical bias dependence of modulated photocurrent method (OBMPC) using the blue LED light is applied to clarify the energy gap density of state nature and energy distribution, respectively in a-Si:H p-i-n photodiode i-layer.

scholarly journals Analysis and Design of a Low Noise Shunt-Shunt CMOS Transimpedance Amplifier for 10 Gbps Optoelectronic Receivers

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
André F. Ponchet ◽  
Jacobus W. Swart ◽  
Ezio M. Bastida ◽  
Célio A. Finardi ◽  
Roberto R. Panepucci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Noise Analysis ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Design Flow ◽  
Transimpedance Amplifier ◽  
Noise Performance ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
State Of Art ◽  
Transimpedance Gain

This article presents a complete design flow of a low noise transimpedance amplifier for 10 Gbps optoelectronic receivers. The proposed topology is based on the shunt-shunt structure with negative feedback. A set of equations was deduced from the frequency analysis and noise analysis. An optimization algorithm is proposed in order to maximize the bandwidth and improve the noise performance simultaneously. Experimental results shown a 51 dBΩ transimpedance gain, a 10.54 Ghz bandwidth and an input referred current noise equal to 6.8, the lowest one between other state-of-art designs. The circuit was manufactured in 130 nm RF CMOS technology.

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