LOW-POWER IMPULSE-RADIO ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNIQUES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS.

Abstract

AS THE AGING POPULATION IS WORLDWIDE GROWING, HEALTH CARE ISSUES RELATED TO AGING HAVE ATTRACTED MUCH ATTENTION FROM NOT ONLY POLICY MAKERS BUT ALSO ENGINEERING COMMUNITIES. AMONG MANY ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS RELATED TO HEALTH CARE, WIRELESS SYSTEMS ARE ESSENTIAL. IN RECENT YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN INCREASING INTEREST IN IMPLEMENTING LOW-COMPLEXITY, LOW-POWER, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS. AMONG ALL THE WIRELESS TECHNIQUES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, IMPULSE-RADIO ULTRA-WIDEBAND (IR-UWB) IS OF SPECIAL INTEREST. IN THIS RESEARCH, WE FOCUS ON SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND CIRCUIT DESIGN OF LOW-COMPLEXITY, LOW-POWER, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL IR-UWB TRANSCEIVERS.