Building blocks for an ultra low-power MEMS-based radio

RFIT 2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 158-167

  Enz, Christian C ^a,b   Chabloz, Jérémie ^a   Baborowski, Jacek ^a   Müller, Claude ^a   Ruffieux, David ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; INTEGRATION; MEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER GENERATION; RESONATORS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BAW RESONATORS; BUILDING BLOCKS; DIE AREA; FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING; HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATION; HIGH-Q RESONATORS; HIGHER INTEGRATION; IMPROVED PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES; LOW FREQUENCIES; LOW POWERS; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-POWER TRANSCEIVER; LOWER-POWER CONSUMPTION; PHASE-NOISE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RECEIVER FRONT ENDS; RF FRONT ENDS; RF MEMS TECHNOLOGY; RF OSCILLATORS; RF TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS SENSORS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 49949084826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIT.2007.4443941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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