Design of a low-power ultrasound transceiver for underwater Sensor networks

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Abstract

This paper presents an ultrasound (US) transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver for underwater wireless sensor nodes, where low-power operation is desired to extend the life-time of the network. A system-level analysis of the underwater communication has been performed by taking into account the underwater propagation and the medium charac-teristics to show their impact on the overall performance. In addition, a low-noise amplffier using an inverter-based topology has been introduced to ensure power efficiency of the receiver, where a bulk-feedback method is proposed to stabilize the output bias point of the inverter. Simulation results show that the proposed transceiver has a scalable power consumption from 1.95μ W to 10.4μ W while achieving 100μ V to 20μ V sensitivity at a 10-3 BER level.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPRIME 2018 - 14th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics
Place of PublicationPiscataway
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages129-132
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5386-5387-6
ISBN (Print)978-1-5386-5386-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2018
Event14th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, PRIME 2018 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 2 Jul 20185 Jul 2018

Conference

Conference14th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, PRIME 2018
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period2/07/185/07/18

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