Generation of frequency output for instrumentation applications using digital hardware

Sensor Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Zamora, Mayela ^a   Henry, Manus ^a   Peter, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Fraunhofer Institut fur Graphische Datenverarbeitung Rostock   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital; Radio frequency identification

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

FREQUENCY GENERATION; FREQUENCY OUTPUT PRECISION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037268685     PISSN: 02602288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02602280310468251     Document Type: Article

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