Ultra low-power MEMS-based radio for wireless sensor networks

European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design 2007, ECCTD 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 320-331

  Enz, Christian C ^a,b   Baborowski, Jacek ^a   Chabloz, Jérémie ^a   Kucera, Martin ^a   Muller, Claude ^a   Ruffieux, David ^a   Scolari, Nicola ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CIRCUIT THEORY; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; PHASE NOISE; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; RESONATORS; SPACE OPTICS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; DELTA-SIGMA CONVERTERS; FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCKS; HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATION; LOWER-POWER CONSUMPTION; OVERSAMPLED CONVERTERS; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 49749107556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCTD.2007.4529599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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