Circuits and methods for pulse radio receivers

Abstract

Circuits and methods comprising: a radio frequency amplifier that powers off in response to an enable signal; a demodulator that outputs an RZ signal; an all-digital clock and data recovery circuit comprising: a phase detector that includes a tri-state phase frequency detector for use when in an acquisition mode and a Hogge phase detector for use when in a communication mode, that receives the RZ signal, and that outputs a phase detector output from the tri-state phase frequency detector when in the acquisition mode and from the Hogge phase detector when in the communication mode, a loop filter that receives the phase detector output from the phase detector and produces a loop filter output that is the sum of a proportional path of the loop filter and an integral path of the loop filter, and a numerical controlled oscillator that receives the loop filter output and produces the enable signal.