Significant research effort has been devoted to the study and realization of autonomous wireless systems for wireless sensor and personal-area networking, the internet of things, and machine-to-machine communications. Low-power RF integrated circuits, an energy harvester and a power management circuit are fundamental elements of these systems.

An FM-UWB Transceiver for Autonomous Wireless Systems presents state-of-the-art developments in low-power FM-UWB transceiver realizations. The design, performance and implementation of prototype transceivers in CMOS technology are presented. A working hardware realization of an autonomous node that includes a prototype power management circuit is also proposed and detailed in this book.

Technical topics include:

• Low-complexity FM-UWB modulation schemes
• Low-power FM-UWB transceiver prototypes in CMOS technology
• CMOS on-chip digital calibration techniques
• Solar power harvester and power management in CMOS for low-power RF circuits

Ultrawideband, FM-UWB, low-power RF transceiver, autonomous wireless systems, SAR-FLL, digital calibration, RF-CMOS, programmable RF matching, regenerative RF amplifier, current-controlled oscillator, frequency tripling PA, bias current reuse, power harvester, power management, solar antenna, switched-capacitor, DC-DC converter, charge pump, LDO, RF circuit design