Sustainable electronics: Wireless systems with minimal environmental impact

ISAPE 2008 - The 8th International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1298-1301

  Thiel, David V ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRIES; ANTENNA SYSTEMS; CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICES; E WASTES; ELECTRONIC BEAM STEERING; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; NEW DESIGNS; PRODUCT MANAGEMENTS; RADIATION EFFICIENCIES; RFID SYSTEMS; SYSTEM ENERGIES; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

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EID: 63549131398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISAPE.2008.4735463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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