A low-power BLE transceiver with support for phase-based ranging, featuring 5μs PLL locking time and 5.3ms ranging time, enabled by staircase-chirp PLL with sticky-lock channel-switching

Bechthum, ElbertElbertBechthumDijkhuis, JohanJohanDijkhuisDing, MingMingDingHe, YumingYumingHevan den Heuvel, JohanJohanvan den HeuvelMateman, PaulPaulMatemanvan Schaik, Gert-JanGert-Janvan SchaikShibata, K.K.ShibataSong, MinyoungMinyoungSongTiurin, EvgeniiEvgeniiTiurinTraferro, StefanoStefanoTraferroLiu, Yao-HongYao-HongLiu2021-10-282021-10-282020https://imec-publications.be/handle/20.500.12860/34717A low-power BLE transceiver with support for phase-based ranging, featuring 5μs PLL locking time and 5.3ms ranging time, enabled by staircase-chirp PLL with sticky-lock channel-switchingProceedings paperhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9063073