Low-Power RF Wake-Up Receivers: Analysis, Tradeoffs, and Design

Patrick P. Mercier; Benton H. Calhoun; Po-Han Peter Wang; Anjana Dissanayake; Linsheng Zhang; Drew A. Hall; Steven M. Bowers

doi:10.1109/OJSSCS.2022.3215099

IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society (Jan 2022)

Low-Power RF Wake-Up Receivers: Analysis, Tradeoffs, and Design

Patrick P. Mercier,
Benton H. Calhoun,
Po-Han Peter Wang,
Anjana Dissanayake,
Linsheng Zhang,
Drew A. Hall,
Steven M. Bowers

Affiliations

Patrick P. Mercier: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Benton H. Calhoun: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Po-Han Peter Wang: ORCiD; Broadcom Corporation, San Diego, CA, USA
Anjana Dissanayake: CSEM-SA, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Linsheng Zhang: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Drew A. Hall: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Steven M. Bowers: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/OJSSCS.2022.3215099
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2
pp. 144 – 164

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Wake-up receivers (WuRXs) offer a potentially energy-efficient means to enable asynchronous wake-up of higher power and higher performance radios without needing frequent (often energy-expensive) synchronization. Since WuRXs are typically on for a large percentage of the time, keeping their power consumption very low is critical to minimizing the total energy draw. However, this is difficult while maintaining good sensitivity, interference resiliency, and robustness, all with application-appropriate wake-up latencies and form factors. This article reviews the main challenges facing WuRXs, outlines the most popular WuRX architectures, and details essential design techniques and tradeoffs toward enabling utility in emerging applications.

Published in IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society

ISSN: 2644-1349 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Electric apparatus and materials. Electric circuits. Electric networks
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