A low-energy crystal-less double-FSK sensor node transceiver for wireless body-area network

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2678-2692

  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 channel communication (BCC); body sensor network (BSN); Body area network (BAN); crystal less; digitally controlled oscillator (DCO); double FSK; frequency calibration; FSK; injection locking; injection locking oscillator; low energy; low power; sensor node; temperature compensation; transceiver; wireless body area network (WBAN); wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

BODY CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS (BCC); BODYAREA NETWORKS (BAN); CRYSTAL-LESS; DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS; DOUBLE-FSK; FREQUENCY CALIBRATION; INJECTION-LOCKING; INJECTION-LOCKING OSCILLATORS; LOW ENERGY; LOW POWER; TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATION; WIRELESS BODYAREA NETWORK (WBAN);

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84869230305     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2211654     Document Type: Article

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