An energy-efficient polar transmitter for IEEE 802.15.6 body area networks: System requirements and circuit designs

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 118-127

  Liu, Yao Hong ^a   Huang, Xiongchuan ^a   Vidojkovic, Maja ^a   Dolmans, Guido ^a   De Groot, Harmke ^a  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; DESIGN TRADEOFF; DIGITAL IMPLEMENTATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; NARROW BANDS; POLAR TRANSMITTER; SIGMA-DELTA; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; TRANSMITTER ARCHITECTURE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PHASE MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; TRANSMITTERS;

LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84867182430     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2012.6316785     Document Type: Article

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