Ultra low power and miniaturized MEMS-based radio for BAN and WSN applications

ESSCIRC 2010 - 36th European Solid State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 71-80

  Ruffieux, David ^a   Contaldo, Matteo ^a   Chabloz, Jérémie ^a   Enz, Christan ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAW RESONATOR; CURRENT LIMITATION; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-POWER COMMUNICATION; MEMSDEVICES; PHASE-LOCKING; POWER DISSIPATION; RECEIVER SENSITIVITY; REFERENCE FREQUENCY; RF FILTERS; SILICON RESONATORS; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; TRANSCEIVER ARCHITECTURE; ULTRA-LOW POWER;

COMMUNICATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PHASE NOISE; TRANSCEIVERS;

RESONATORS;

EID: 78650382782     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2010.5619786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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