A sub-nw multi-stage temperature compensated timer for ultra-low-power sensor nodes

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2511-2521

  Lee, Yoonmyung ^a   Giridhar, Bharan ^a   Foo, Zhiyoong ^a   Sylvester, Dennis ^a   Blaauw, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Timer; ultra low power; wireless sensor node

Indexed keywords

SYNCHRONIZATION UNCERTAINTIES; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIMER; ULTRA-LOW POWER; ULTRA-LOW-POWER SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

JITTER; SENSOR NODES;

INSTRUMENT SCALES;

EID: 84884700116     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2275660     Document Type: Article

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