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Summary
To minimize operating power and
achieve maximum battery lifetime,
the implementation of an ultra-lowpower wireless system requires an
integrated design approach that considers many requirements including battery source, active and sleep
mode energy requirements, system
architectures, and circuit implementations. In practice, these issues lead
to trade-offs, which may require numerous iterations to arrive at an optimal solution for the desired application. With the recent explosion of
interest in ultra-low-power wireless
systems for the Internet of Things
and wearable devices, the current
rate of innovation in the development of ultra-low-power wireless
systems is sure to continue.

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About the Author
Alison Burdett (Alison.Burdett@
toumaz.com) has over 25 years of
experience in semiconductor design,
particularly in the field of ultra-lowpower wireless communication. She
joined Toumaz in 2001 as technical
director, and is currently chief technology officer, responsible for delivering silicon and healthcare technology programmes within the company.
Prior to joining Toumaz, Alison spent
time both in industry as an integrated
circuit designer, and also in academia
(as senior lecturer in analogue IC design at Imperial College London). Dr.
Burdett is a Chartered Engineer, a fellow of the Institute of Engineering
and Technology, and a Senior Member of the IEEE. She was European Regional Chair (2013-2015) of the Technical Programme Committee for the
IEEE International Solid-State Circuits
Conference (ISSCC). She is a member
of the U.K. National Microelectronics
Institute Microelectronics Design Advisory Board and a visiting researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College.



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