A meter-range UWB transceiver chipset for around-the-head audio streaming

Xiaoyan Wang; Yikun Yu; Benjamin Busze; Hans Pflug; Alex Young; Xiongchuan Huang; Cui Zhou; Mario Konijnenburg; Kathleen Philips; Harmke de Groot

doi:10.1109/ISSCC.2012.6177086

A meter-range UWB transceiver chipset for around-the-head audio streaming

Xiaoyan Wang, Yikun Yu, Benjamin Busze, Hans Pflug, Alex Young, Xiongchuan Huang, Cui Zhou, Mario Konijnenburg, Kathleen Philips, Harmke de Groot

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Abstract

Any around-the-body wireless system faces challenging requirements. This is especially true in the case of audio streaming around the head e.g. for wireless audio headsets or hearing-aid devices. The behind-the-ear device typically serves multiple radio links e.g. ear-to-ear, ear-to-pocket (a phone or MP3 player) or even a link between the ear and a remote base station such as a TV. Good audio quality is a prerequisite and mW-range power consumption is compulsory in view of battery size. However, the GHz communication channel typically shows a significant attenuation; for an ear-to-ear link, the attenuation due to the narrowband fade dominates and is in the order of 55 to 65dB [1]. The typically small antennas, close to the human body, add another 10 to 15dB of losses. For the ear-to-pocket and the ear-to-remote link, the losses due to body proximity and antenna size reduce, however the distance increases resulting in a similar link budget requirement of 80dB.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2012 - Digest of Technical Papers
Pages	450-451
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSCC.2012.6177086
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	59th IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2012 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 19 Feb 2012 → 23 Feb 2012 Conference number: 59

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Conference	59th IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2012
Abbreviated title	ISSCC 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	19/02/12 → 23/02/12
Other	“Silicon Systems for Sustainability”

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Wang, X., Yu, Y., Busze, B., Pflug, H., Young, A., Huang, X., Zhou, C., Konijnenburg, M., Philips, K., & de Groot, H. (2012). A meter-range UWB transceiver chipset for around-the-head audio streaming. In 2012 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2012 - Digest of Technical Papers (pp. 450-451). Article 6177086 https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSCC.2012.6177086

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