Ultra-Wideband Radio

Abstract

The application of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology to low-cost short-range communications presents unique challenges to the communications engineer. The impact of the US FCC's regulations and the characteristics of the low-power UWB propagation channels are explored, and their effects on UWB hardware design are illustrated. This tutorial introduction includes references to more detailed explorations of the subject.

Keywords

• UWB radio
• UWB propagation
• UWB antennas
• UWB radio architectures
• selective RAKE receivers
• transmitted-reference receivers