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The book contains six chapters. Chapter 1 gives an introduction and background of UWB systems for wireless communications and sensing. Chapter 2 discusses the basics of UWB impulse systems including system architecture, advantages and applications, signals, basic modulations, transmitter and receiver frontends, and antennas. Chapter 3 addresses the design of UWB transmitters including an overview of basic components, design of impulse and monocycle pulse generators, Bi-Phase Shift-Keying (BPSK) modulator design, and design of a UWB CMOS RFIC tunable transmitter front-end. Chapter 4 presents the design of UWB receivers including the design of UWB low-noise amplifiers, strobe pulse generator, correlators, and a UWB CMOS RFIC receiver front-end. Chapter 5 presents the design, fabrication and measurement of a compact UWB uniplanar antenna suitable for UWB impulse systems. It also covers the measurement results of a UWB transmit prototype that integrates the UWB monocycle-pulse generator and the UWB uniplanar antenna. Finally, Chap. 6 gives the summary and conclusion.

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    The word “impulse” is used loosely here. It does not indicate a “true” impulse, but simply pulses with a narrow pulse width.

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Nguyen, C., Miao, M. (2017). Introduction. In: Design of CMOS RFIC Ultra-Wideband Impulse Transmitters and Receivers. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53107-6_1

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