Noise and sensitivity in RF envelope detection receivers

Xiongchuan Huang; Guido Dolmans; Harmke de Groot; John R. Long

doi:10.1109/TCSII.2013.2278094

Noise and sensitivity in RF envelope detection receivers

Xiongchuan Huang, Guido Dolmans, Harmke de Groot, John R. Long

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Abstract

RF envelope detection receivers (RXs) are largely used in low-power and short-range wireless applications because of their low power consumption. However, such RXs suffer from poor sensitivity. In this brief, the noise characteristic of the RX is analyzed via a nonlinear approach. It identifies the noise contributors in the RX and evaluates their impact on the sensitivity. The proposed method is extended to the synchronized-switching envelope detection RX, and the analysis is verified by the measurement results.

Original language	English
Article number	6587799
Pages (from-to)	637-641
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Volume	60
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2013.2278094
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Circuit noise
envelope detector (ED)
radio receiver (RX)
sensitivity analysis
ultralow power

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