Hi,
I am going to design a low power biomedical transceiver for wireless body area network. Most of the papers in this field use 130nm technology. But I have no idea how technology impacts low power radio. Can anyone help /cite references to choose the proper technology?

I understand that low power radio needs high Q inductor and hence people often go offchip or process which provides high Q inductors.

Hi,


Choice of technology often comes down to the cheapest technology which can do the job. Also, there are a lot of factors involved, so an older technology node isn't necessarily cheaper than a newer one.

For your application, you may find that you don't need such high-Q inductors.


regards,
Aaron