Integrated ultra wideband transceiver

US9681389B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN · US

Inventors

• David D. Wentzloff · Ann Arbor, US
• Jonathan Kirk Brown · Okemos, US
• Kuo-Ken Huang · San Jose, US
• Elnaz Ansari · Ann Arbor, US
• Ryan R. Rogel · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D30/70
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated ultra wideband transceiver. The transceiver comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and at least one on-chip monopole antenna electrically connected to at least one of the transmitter or receiver for transmitting and/or receiving electrical signals. The transceiver further comprises a clock generator comprising a temperature-compensated relaxation oscillator, a baseband controller electrically connected to, and configured to exert a measure of control over, at least one the transmitter, receiver, or clock generator, and a micro-battery operative to provide operating power to each of the transmitter, receiver, clock generator, and baseband controller.