An energy-efficient asic for wireless body sensor networks in medical applications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Zhang, Xiaoyu ^a   Jiang, Hanjun ^a   Zhang, Lingwei ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a   Wang, Zhihua ^a   Chen, Xinkai ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ecore Technologies Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Passive RF; Wireless body sensor network (WBSN); Work on demand

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION PORTS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DIE AREA; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FLEXIBLE COMMUNICATION; INTEGRATED PASSIVES; LOW-POWER MICROCONTROLLERS; ON-DEMAND; ON-DEMAND PROTOCOLS; POWER MANAGEMENTS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RECONFIGURABLE SENSORS; RF RECEIVERS; RF WIRELESS; STANDBY MODE; STANDBY POWER; ULTRA-LOW POWER; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE; WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 76549095720     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2009.2031627     Document Type: Article

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