Design and Performance Evaluation of a 10GHz 32nm-CNTFET IR-UWB Transmitter for Inter-Chip Wireless Communication

Abstract:

In this paper, we have presented the design and performance evaluation of a 10GHz 32nm-CNTFET IR-UWB transmitter for inter-chip wireless transmission. We have designed the transmitter using a VCO-based high speed clock generator and a positive and a negative monocycle Gaussian pulse generator. RF compatible Carbon Nano-Tube Field Effect Transistors (CNTFETs) have been used as the building blocks of the oscillator and the logic gates. The final design has resulted to a 7-channel-SWNT CNTFET-based transmitter for optimum 10GHz data rate with a promising 650mV pulse amplitude and only 1.069mW power consumption with a -32.27dB output. This transmitter can also operate satisfactorily upto 15GHz. The results show promising superiority over existing transmitters regarding high data rate, low power loss and high pulse amplitude.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 646)
• Pages: 228-234
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.646.228
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Fahim Rahman, Prodyut Das, Md. Forhad Hossain, Sazzaduzzaman Khan, Rajib Chowdhury
• Keywords: Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor (CNTFET), Gaussian Pulse Generator, HSPICE, Inter-Chip Transmitter, Ultra-Wideband (UWB)

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