A 10.8 mW body channel communication/MICS dual-band transceiver for a unified body sensor network controller

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3459-3468

  Cho, Namjun ^a   Bae, Joonsung ^a   Yoo, Hoi Jun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body channel communication; Concurrent operation; Dual band transceiver; Medical implant communication service (MICS); Unified body sensor network

Indexed keywords

BODY CHANNELS; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; CONCURRENT OPERATIONS; DUAL-BAND; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATION SERVICES;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; COMMUNICATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FREQUENCY HOPPING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; TRANSCEIVERS;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 72949083134     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2032592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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