Low-power CMOS wireless MEMS motion sensor for physiological activity monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2539-2551

  Sadat, Anwar ^a   Qu, Hongwei ^b   Yu, Chuanzhao ^a   Yuan, Jiann S ^a   Xie, Huikai ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS interface circuits; Gyroscope; Micro electromechanical systems (MEMS); Physiological activity monitoring; Three axis accelerometer; Wireless motion sensor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GYROSCOPES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROSENSORS; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; TRANSMITTERS;

CMOS INTERFACE CIRCUITS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS); PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY MONITORING; THREE AXIS ACCELEROMETER; WIRELESS MOTION SENSOR;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 29344470307     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.857772     Document Type: Article

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