A receiver architecture for devices in wireless body area networks

IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-95

  Sjöland, Henrik ^a   Anderson, John B ^a   Bryant, Carl ^a   Chandra, Rohit ^a   Edfors, Ove ^a   Johansson, Anders J ^a   Mazloum, Nafiseh Seyed ^a   Meraji, Reza ^a   Nilsson, Peter ^a   Radjen, Dejan ^a   Rodrigues, Joachim Neves ^a   Sherazi, S M Yasser ^a   Öwall, Viktor ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body sensor networks; complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits; low power electronics; receivers; system on a chip

Indexed keywords

1/F NOISE; ANALOG DECODERS; ANALOG DOMAIN; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ANTENNA DESIGN; ANTENNA SIZE; BASE BANDS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES; DIGITAL BASEBAND; DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVERS; FULLY INTEGRATED; ISM BANDS; LINK LOSS; LOW POWER; MEDIUM ACCESS; MODULATED SIGNAL; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE; SPURIOUS EMISSIONS; SYSTEM EVALUATION; SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP; TIME OFFSETS; ULTRA-LOW POWER; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

ANTENNAS; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; RADIO RECEIVERS; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84862807198     PISSN: 21563357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JETCAS.2012.2186681     Document Type: Article

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