Impulse-based scheme for crystal-less ULP radios

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1041-1052

  Drago, Salvatore ^a   Sebastiano, Fabio ^a   Breems, Lucien J ^a   Leenaerts, Domine M W ^a   Makinwa, Kofi A A ^b   Nauta, Bram ^c  

^a NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crystal less clock; EDICS Category: COMM110A5, COMM200, COMM250A5; Impulse radio; Ultra low power (ULP); Wake up radio; Wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CLOCKS; IMPULSE NOISE; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; RADIO; WAKES;

2.4 GHZ ISM BANDS; EDICS CATEGORY: COMM110A5, COMM200, COMM250A5; IMPULSE RADIO; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; MODULATION SCHEMES; ULTRA LOW POWER; WAKE-UP RADIO; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 67649289921     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2009.2015208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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