A direct-sequence spread-spectrum communication system for integrated sensor microsystems

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-12

  Aydin, Nizamettin ^a,b   Arslan, Tughrul ^a,c   Cumming, David R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEM LEVEL INTEGRATION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Sensor systems; Spread spectrum; System on chip (SoC)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; HEALTH CARE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PH SENSORS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATED SENSOR MICROSYSTEM; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP (SOC) TECHNOLOGY;

DIRECT SEQUENCE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELLULAR PHONE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 15544385193     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2004.837825     Document Type: Article

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