CMOS Circuits for Passive Wireless Microsystems [Paperback]

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of CMOS circuits for passive wireless microsystems. Major topics include: an overview of passive wireless microsystems, design challenges of passive wireless microsystems, fundamental issues of ultra-low power wireless communications, radio-frequency power harvesting, ultra-low power modulators and demodulators, ultra-low power temperature-compensated current and voltage references, clock generation and remote calibration, and advanced design techniques for ultra low-power analog signal processing.Here is a comprehensive examination of CMOS circuits for passive wireless microsystems. Covers design challenges, fundamental issues of ultra-low power wireless communications, radio-frequency power harvesting, and advanced design techniques, and more.Introduction to Passive Wireless Microsystems.- Fundamental Issues of Passive Wireless Microsystems.- Radio-Frequency Power Harvesting.- Modulation and Demodulation.- Ultra-Low Power Temperature-Compensated Precision References.- Clock Generation and Remote Calibration.- Ultra-Low Power Analog-to-Digital Converters.About the AuthorFei Yuan received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Universityof Waterloo, Canada in October 1999. He joined the Department of ElectricalandComputer Engineering, RyersonUniversity, Toronto, Canada in 1999 and iscurrently a Professor. Dr. Yuan is the author of the bookCMOSActive Inductorsand Transformers : Principle, Implementation, and Applications (Springer,New York, 2008), CMOS Current Mode Circuits for Data Communications(Springer, New York, 2006), the coauthor of the book Computer Methods forAnalysis of Mixed Mode Switching Circuits (withAjoyOpal, KluwerAcademicPublishers, Boston, 2004), and the author / coauthor of 47 research papers inrefereed scientific journals and over 90 research papers in refereed conferenceproceedings in the field of circuits and systems.Dr. Yuan currently serves the Chair of the Department of Electrical andCompuls3