A 2.4-GHz BAW-based transceiver for wireless body area networks

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 6 PART 1, 2010, Pages 391-399

  Contaldo, Matteo ^a   Banerjee, Budhaditya ^a   Ruffieux, David ^a   Chabloz, Jrmie ^b   Le Roux, Erwan ^a   Enz, Christian C ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b Melexis NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BAW resonators; Body area network (BAN); low power; phase analog to digital converter (ADC); RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); RFIC; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; BAW RESONATOR; BODY-AREA NETWORK (BAN); LOW POWER; RF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; RFIC; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BLUETOOTH; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MOS DEVICES; PHASE NOISE; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SENSOR NETWORKS; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 78649633661     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2010.2081363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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