Ultra low-power radio design for wireless sensor networks

Proceedings - 2005 IEEE International Workshop on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology: Integrated Circuits for Wideband Communication and Wireless Sensor Networks, RFIT 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-17

  Enz, Christian C ^a,b   Scolari, Nicola ^b   Yodprasit, Uroschanit ^b  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; PHASE MODULATION; RADIO SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TRANSCEIVERS;

INJECTION LOCKED OSCILLATORS; SYSTEMS-ON-CHIP (SOC); ULTRA LOW-POWER RADIO DESIGN; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (WSN);

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845899568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIT.2005.1598863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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