On-chip CMOS wireless sensors interface for automotive applications

• Author(s): Carmo, J. P. ; Mendes, P. M. ; Couto, Carlos ; Correia, J. H.
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/1627
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): sensor interface; on-chip antenna; automotive sensor network; wireless sensor network; RF CMOS
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

This paper describes a CMOS interface for short-range wireless sensor networks. The sensor interface is composed by the sensor readout and a transceiver in CMOS 0.18 µm process technology and a patch antenna at 5.7 GHz frequency, 50 MHz bandwidth and an efficiency of 18%. Automotive applications are the target of this wireless sensor interface.