Ultra Wideband (UWB) communication is used for
large bandwidth, low power, data transmission over a short distance.
It is fundamentally different from other techniques because
it uses extremely narrow Radio Frequency (RF) pulses to communicate
between transmitters and receivers. UWB wireless transmission
standard was approved for unlicensed use in 2002.
This allows us to transfer data at high rate over a short distance. UWB
can transfer much greater data as long as the distance is a couple
meters or less.
This project entails the usage of a low noise amplifier (LNA)
with the topology of a distributed amplifier. The component fits on
the receiver end of the UWB system, amplifying the incoming signal
and rejecting all forms of external interference.
March 13th, 2008
Our designs for the half and full coplanar waveguide has been completed and been submitted to Cunningham Graphics for fabrication process. We are also preparing now for the Student Exposition.
February 21st 2008
The project has been trucking along making decent progress in the past few weeks. We have designed a coplanar waveguide which we are going to use to test out our transistor. We also have been working on our final schematic design of our amplifier. It should ready for fabrication and testing by the end of March.