0.2-nJ/b Fast Start-Up Ultralow Power Wireless Transmitter for IoT Applications

Wireless transmitters (Tx) targeting Internet-of-things (IoT) applications impose tough end-to-end efficiency requirements. The frequency synthesis problem is usually solved by incorporating a variant of the phase-locked loop. However, power-hungry dividers and large loop time constants hurt the aggregated Tx power consumption and produce systems with slow start-up and turnaround times, particular...