A 0.24-nJ/b wireless body-area-network transceiver with scalable double-FSK modulation

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 310-322

  Bae, Joonsung ^a   Song, Kiseok ^a   Lee, Hyungwoo ^a   Cho, Hyunwoo ^a   Yoo, Hoi Jun ^a  

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

Author keywords

Body area network (BAN); body channel communication (BCC); channel analysis; current reuse; double FSK; duty cycle correction; energy efficient; FSK; FSK demodulator; FSK modulator; low energy; low power; transceiver; wireless body area network (WBAN)

Indexed keywords

BODY-AREA NETWORK (BAN); BODY-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION (BCC); CHANNEL ANALYSIS; CURRENT REUSE; DOUBLE-FSK; DUTY CYCLE CORRECTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FSK MODULATOR; LOW ENERGIES; LOW POWER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMMUNICATION; DEMODULATORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84655164771     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2170632     Document Type: Article

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