An ultralow-power receiver for wireless sensor networks

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1759-1769

  Ayers, James ^a   Mayaram, Kartikeya ^a   Fiez, Terri S ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary frequency shift keying; digitally controlled oscillator; low power; low voltage; RF; super regenerative receiver; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS; LOW POWER; LOW VOLTAGES; RF; SHIFT KEYING; SUPER-REGENERATIVE RECEIVER; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENERGY HARVESTING; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77956206467     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2056850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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