Ultra Wide - band Baseband Design and Implementation

Acknowledgment There is no way I could come through the course of the project without the help from these people and institutions. First of all, I would like to thank my advisor Professor Bob Brodersen for his support and guidance ever since I joined the group. His trust and insight has helped me out at the various time of this project. Also his personality and vision has offered me a great model of being a good researcher. The environment of BWRC that Bob and Jan have created is really unbeatable for graduate studies. I would also like to thank Prof. David Tse, who had many useful discussions with me. His lectures solidified my communication background, which proved to be very useful for this project. Next, I would like to thank my great colleagues in BWRC. I'd like to thank our UWB fellows, Ian O'Donnell, and Stanley Wang. Ian has kindly helped me a lot in many aspects during the course, including carefully proofreading this thesis. His wide knowledge and unique viewpoints made this research project more interesting. Stanley was a great partner of both research and class projects. I also thank Engling Yeo for almost instantaneous response to all my questions in many digital chip implementation issues. I enjoyed very much to join his mountain biking team. Of course, I have to thank Ada Poon for many useful advice and discussions. There are of course these intelligent people that I could always discuss with. They are People who have been kindly helping me use the in-house design flows, always been the best supports in my life. Without their endless care and love, it is impossible for me to accomplish these tasks. I am so fortunate to be born in this family and have my brother, Wei-Ming, to grow up together and also Wan's accompany makes my life more complete and enjoyable. Of course, I will not forget all my best friends in Taiwan and those great times we had created together before. Thank you all. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology has gradually drawn people's attention recently. The technology itself already existed since the 1980's, and was mostly used for radar applications. In 1998, the FCC first proposed UWB transmission under Part 15 rules (limits on intentional and unintentional radiators in unlicensed bands), and asked for the comments from the industry. In Feb. 2002 it issued a First Report and Order [FCC02] that …