A 90-nm CMOS 5-Mbps crystal-less RF-powered transceiver for wireless sensor network nodes

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 335-346

  Papotto, Giuseppe ^a   Carrara, Francesco ^a   Finocchiaro, Alessandro ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

90 nm CMOS; Batteryless; crystal less; energy harvesting; radio frequency identification (RFID); RF transceiver; RF powered sensor network

Indexed keywords

90-NM CMOS; BATTERY-LESS; CRYSTAL-LESS; POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT; RF ENERGY HARVESTING; RF TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSMISSION SCHEMES; WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SPACE OPTICS; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84893837563     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2285371     Document Type: Article

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