A 1.2V, 430MHz, 4dBm Power Amplifier and a 250#mu#W Front-End, using a Standard Digital CMOS Process

摘要

Autonomous transceivers working in the ISM UHF bands should meet both requirements of a long battery lifetime and a small overall volume, thus implying to cut the receiving power consumption down to less than 1 mW. Ultimately, this goal will only be reached by using original topologies and lowering the supply voltage down to single battery cell operation.