The high time resolution of ultra-wide-band (UWB) signals facilitates very precise position
estimation in many scenarios, which makes a variety applications possible. This paper …

Position estimation of wireless devices has many applications in short-range networks. Ultra-
wideband (UWB) signals provide accurate positioning capabilities that can be harnessed in …

Ultra-wideband (UWB) radio is a fast emerging technology with many unique attractive
features that promotes major advances in wireless communications, networking, radar …

This paper presents an overview of the ultra-wideband (UWB) technology for wireless
communications systems. Following a brief review of the UWB basic principles, the …

A CMOS wideband cascaded variable gain amplifier (VGA) with a temperature-independent
exponential gain control characteristic is presented in this paper. The exponential gain …

Carrierless impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) radios have attracted significant
research interest due to their low system complexity and power consumption. Unfortunately …

This work presents an analysis on frequency planning and synthesis for multiband (MB)
orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) ultra-wideband (UWB) radios operating …

This paper presents a wideband mixer chip covering the frequency range from 3.4 to 6.8
GHz using TSMC 0.18 μm CMOS technology. The linearity can be improved using multiple …

Wideband variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) fabricated using 0.18 mum CMOS process are
presented. A scheme with a CMOS triode transconductor is proposed to achieve linear-in-dB …

Compressive sampling (CS) based energy detectors are developed for ultra-wideband
(UWB) pulse position modulation (PPM), in multipath fading environments so as to reduce …