Low-voltage nanopower clock generator for RFID applications

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1736-1739

  Marraccini, Francesco ^a   De Vita, Giuseppe ^a   Di Pascoli, Stefano ^a   Iannaccone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low power; Oscillators; RFID; Subthreshold

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; ELECTRIC CLOCKS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

BICMOS PROCESSES; CHIP AREAS; CLOCK GENERATORS; CLOCK SIGNALS; EXTERNAL COMPONENTS; EXTERNAL-; LOW POWER; LOW VOLTAGES; ON CHIPS; OSCILLATORS; POWER CONSUMPTIONS; RFID; RFID APPLICATIONS; RING OPERATORS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SUBTHRESHOLD; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; TEMPERATURE CO-EFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE RANGES;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 56049085148     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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