Full passive UHF tag with a temperature sensor suitable for human body temperature monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-99

  Vaz, A ^a   Ubarretxena, A ^a   Zalbide, I ^a   Pardo, D ^a   Solar, H ^a   Garcia Alonso, A ^a   Berenguer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CMOS analog front end; Digital core; High accuracy; Low power; RF identification (RFID); Temperature sensor; Ultrahigh frequency (UHF)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CMOS ANALOG; DIGITAL CORE; HIGH-ACCURACY; LOW POWER; RF IDENTIFICATIONS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 77649336059     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2010.2040314     Document Type: Article

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