Wakeup receiver

1. A system, comprising:

a wakeup receiver communicatively coupled to a communication channel, wherein the wakeup receiver is configured to:

monitor an input signal of the communication channel, wherein the input signal comprises a plurality of packets, each packet comprising a respective packet length; and

down-convert the input signal to a DC signal;

an analog to digital converter (ADC) configured to digitize the DC signal and provide an ADC output; and

a digital baseband (DBB) module configured to:

apply an automatic gain control (AGC) loop to the ADC output to provide a gain-controlled signal;

determine a received signal strength indication (RSSI) based on the gain-controlled signal;

for each packet, determine the respective packet length;

compare the RSSI and respective packet length with a two-dimensional template;

based on the comparison, determine an interrupt condition; and

based on determining the interrupt condition, generate a wakeup signal.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the interrupt condition comprises determining that 1) the RSSI is within a pre-defined RSSI range; and 2) the respective packet length is within a pre-defined packet length range.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the two-dimensional template comprises a two-dimensional lookup table having a first dimension corresponding to values within the pre-defined RSSI range and a second dimension corresponding to values within the pre-defined packet length range.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein subsequent to determining the interrupt condition, the DBB is further configured to change a value of the pre-defined RSSI range for a predetermined period of time.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a power management unit (PMU), wherein the PMU is configured to: in response to the wakeup signal, generate a power-on-reset (POR) signal.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the PMU comprises a DC-DC converter, a bandgap voltage reference, a plurality of capacitor-less low drop-out voltage regulators, a POR generation circuit, and at least one bias circuit.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wakeup receiver comprises a low-noise amplifier (LNA), an envelope detector (ED), a plurality of baseband amplifiers, and a plurality of clock control circuits.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a 24 MHz Pierce crystal oscillator.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein each element of the system is coupled to a common substrate.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the elements of the system are arranged on the common substrate having an area less than 1.3 mm 2 .

11. A method, comprising:

monitoring, at a wakeup receiver an input signal of a communication channel, wherein the input signal comprises a plurality of packets, each packet comprising a respective packet length;

down-converting the input signal to a DC signal;

digitizing the DC signal with an analog to digital converter (ADC) to provide an ADC output;

applying, with a digital baseband (DBB) module, an automatic gain control (AGC) loop to the ADC output to provide a gain-controlled signal;

determining a received signal strength indication (RSSI) based on the gain-controlled signal;

for each packet, determining the respective packet length;

comparing the RSSI and respective packet length with a two-dimensional template;

based on the comparison, determining an interrupt condition; and

based on determining the interrupt condition, generating a wakeup signal.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the interrupt condition comprises determining that 1) the RSSI is within a pre-defined RSSI range; and 2) the respective packet length is within a pre-defined packet length range.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the two-dimensional template comprises a two-dimensional lookup table having a first dimension corresponding to values within the pre-defined RSSI range and a second dimension corresponding to values within the pre-defined packet length range.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising, subsequent to determining the interrupt condition, changing a value of the pre-defined RSSI range for a predetermined period of time.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, with a power management unit (PMU), in response to the wakeup signal, generating a power-on-reset (POR) signal.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the PMU comprises a DC-DC converter, a bandgap voltage reference, a plurality of capacitor-less low drop-out voltage regulators, a POR generation circuit, and at least one bias circuit.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the wakeup receiver comprises a low-noise amplifier (LNA), an envelope detector (ED), a plurality of baseband amplifiers, and a plurality of clock control circuits.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the wakeup receiver further comprise a 24 MHz Pierce crystal oscillator.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the wakeup receiver and the DBB are coupled to a common substrate.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the wakeup receiver and the DBB are arranged on the common substrate having an area less than 1.3 mm 2 .

21. A digital baseband (DBB) module, comprising:

an automatic gain control (AGC) loop and a processor,

wherein the processor of the DBB module is executable to:

apply the AGC loop to an output of an analog to digital converter (ADC) to provide a gain-controlled signal,

determine a received signal strength indication (RSSI) based on the gain-controlled signal,

for each of a plurality of packets, determine a respective packet length,

compare the RSSI and the respective packet length with a two-dimensional template,

based on the comparison, determine an interrupt condition, and

based on determining the interrupt condition, generate a wakeup signal.

22. A method, comprising:

applying, with a digital baseband (DBB) module, an automatic gain control (AGC) loop to an output of an analog to digital converter (ADC) to provide a gain-controlled signal;

determining a received signal strength indication (RSSI) based on the gain-controlled signal;

for each of a plurality of packets, determining a respective packet length;

comparing the RSSI and the respective packet length with a two-dimensional template;

based on the comparison, determining an interrupt condition; and

based on determining the interrupt condition, generating a wakeup signal.