Integrated CMOS transceivers applied to defense applications in a Wide Area Radio Network for Sensor (WARNS) communication

Author

Bhagavatula, Venumadhav ; Wesson, William ; Rudell, Jacques C.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

20-22 July 2011

Firstpage

344

Lastpage

347

Abstract

Enabling long-range, small form-factor transceivers can address many remote and/or mobile sensing applications. This paper explores an alternative method for sensor data communication using long-range wireless transceivers to transmit sensor data which is ideally suited for many military applications. A study is also provided for one of the most challenging hardware blocks in a WARNS radio, the Power Amplifier (PA). This paper concludes with some comments on potential future areas of research for long-range highly-integrated transceivers.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; military communication; mobile radio; power amplifiers; radio transceivers; wide area networks; wireless sensor networks; WARNS radio; defense application; hardware block; integrated CMOS transceiver; long-range small form-factor highly-integrated wireless transceiver; military application; mobile sensing application; power amplifier; sensor data communication; sensor data transmission; wide area radio network for sensor communication; Capacitors; Energy harvesting; Photovoltaic cells; Regulators; Transceivers; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; barrier coverage; energy harvesting; mesh networks; power amplifier; sensor motes; solar cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

ISSN

0547-3578

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1040-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.2011.6183129

Filename

6183129