A CMOS mixed-signal interface with a RF transmitter for a micromachined soil moisture sensor

IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics

Volumn II, Issue , 2003, Pages 952-955

  Morais, R ^a   Valente, A ^a   Correia, J H ^b   Couto, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b DEI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; CMOS process; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse width modulation; Radio frequency; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Temperature measurement; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; DELTA MODULATION; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MIXED SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATION; MODULATORS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE METERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PROBES; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSMITTERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING; BULK MICROMACHINING TECHNOLOGY; CMOS PROCESSS; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RISE; MIXED-SIGNAL INTERFACES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SOIL MEASUREMENT;

RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84923288542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2003.1267950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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