Controlling ultra wide band transmissions from a wireless micromachined geiger counter

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 570-573

  Eun, Christine K ^a   Gharpurey, Ranjit ^b   Gianchandani, Yogesh B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH VOLTAGE (HV) PACKAGES; ULTRA WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS SPECTRUM;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROMACHINING; SEALING (CLOSING);

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 33750107526     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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