A 1.2 V, 0.9 mW UHF VCO based on hairpin resonator in paper substrate and Cu adhesive tape

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 214-216

  Alimenti, Federico ^a   Mariotti, Chiara ^a   Mezzanotte, Paolo ^a   Dionigi, Marco ^a   Virili, Marco ^a   Roselli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flexible substrates; green electronics; microwave circuits; oscillators; paper substrates; RFID; wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; GREEN ELECTRONICS; MICROSTRIP RESONATOR; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; PAPER SUBSTRATE; PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIC; SACRIFICIAL LAYER; WIRELESS SENSOR;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE NOISE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RESONATORS; SENSORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84876121190     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2013.2251461     Document Type: Article

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