An ultra-low-power injection locked transmitter for wireless sensor networks

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1740-1748

  Chee, Yuen Hui ^a,b   Niknejad, Ali M ^a,b   Rabaey, Jan M ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR); Injection locking; Low power; MEMS; Transmitter; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR (FBAR); INJECTION LOCKING; LOW POWER; MEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ACOUSTIC RESONATORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SENSORS; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY; TRANSMITTERS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746905542     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.877254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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