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Overview of Ultra-Wideband Transceivers—System Architectures and Applications

School of Integrated Circuits, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Abstract

The Ultra-WideBand (UWB) technique, which offers good energy efficiency, flexible data rate, and high ranging accuracy, has recently been recognized as a revived wireless technology for short distance communication. This paper presents a brief overview of two UWB techniques, covering Impulse-Radio UWB (IR-UWB) and Frequency-Modulation UWB (FM-UWB) methods. The link margin enhancement technique, Very-WideBand (VWB), and power consumption reducing technique, chirp UWB, are also introduced. Then, several potential applications of IR-UWB with transceiver architectures are addressed, including high data rate proximity communication and secure wireless connectivity. With fine-ranging and energy-efficient communication features, the UWB wireless technology is highly promising for secure mobile Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Keywords

Ultra-WideBand (UWB)Impulse Radio UWB (IR-UWB)Frequency-Modulation UWB (FM-UWB)Very-WideBand (VWB)transceiverswireless securitymobile Internet of Things (IoT)

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Tsinghua Science and Technology
Volume 27 Issue 3,
June 2022
Pages 481-494
DOI: 10.26599/TST.2021.9010044
Cite this article:
Wang B, Song H, Rhee W, et al. Overview of Ultra-Wideband Transceivers—System Architectures and Applications. Tsinghua Science and Technology, 2022, 27(3): 481-494. https://doi.org/10.26599/TST.2021.9010044
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