RF Energy Transmission for a Low-PowerWireless Impedance Sensor Node

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 793-800

  Farinholt, Kevin M ^a   Park, Gyuhae ^a   Farrar, Charles R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sensing; wireless energy transmission; wireless impedance device; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008049854     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2022536     Document Type: Article

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