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Overview of Ultra-Wideband Transceivers—System Architectures and Applications
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Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Impulse Radio UWB (IR-UWB), Frequency-Modulation UWB (FM-UWB), Very-WideBand (VWB), transceivers, wireless security, mobile Internet of Things (IoT)
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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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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.
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Overview of Ultra-Wideband Transceivers—System Architectures and Applications
Woogeun Rhee(
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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), transceivers, wireless security, mobile Internet of Things (IoT)
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Received: 01 March 2021
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This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61774092).
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