Low-power active-RC LPF with an ADCOC method applied to a 5.8-GHz
Doppler radar sensor system in 55 nm CMOS
Abstract
Radar is an important means of wireless detection. Current doppler radar
technology has the problems of poor linearity, large DC offset, and
large power consumption. To solve the DC offset and reduce power
consumption, this letter presents a 5.8-GHz low-power Doppler radar
sensing system and an active-RC low-pass filter (LPF) with automatic DC
offset calibration (ADCOC). The proposed ADCOC comprises a comparator,
SAR logic, and an IDAC. The proposed LPF is capable of operating in the
interrupt mode and can reduce power consumption by 99% when the duty
cycle is set to 1%. The system uses a 55-nm CMOS process, and the LPF
enables gain adjustment from 0 to 45 dB. ADCOC enables calibration of DC
offset within 500 mV and DC offset within 9.8 mV after calibration. The
overall power consumption of the LPF is 1.914 mW, with an area of 0.15
mm2. The proposed design is of great significance for improving the
performance of radar systems.