A low energy injection-locked FSK transceiver with frequency-to-amplitude conversion for body sensor applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 928-937

  Bae, Joonsung ^a   Yan, Long ^a   Yoo, Hoi Jun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body sensor network; energy efficient; frequency calibration; frequency to amplitude conversion; FSK; injection locked frequency divider; injection locking; low energy; low power; sensor network; transceivers

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENT; FREQUENCY CALIBRATION; FREQUENCY-TO-AMPLITUDE CONVERSION; FSK; INJECTION LOCKED FREQUENCY DIVIDER; INJECTION LOCKING; LOW ENERGIES; LOW POWER;

CALIBRATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; DETECTOR CIRCUITS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SENSOR NETWORKS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS; VLSI CIRCUITS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 79953192112     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2109450     Document Type: Article

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