MOSFET-based Ultra-low-power Realization of Analog Joint Source-Channel Coding for IoTs

Certain sensing applications such as Internet of Things (IoTs), where the sensing phenomenon may change rapidly in both time and space, require sensors that consume ultra-low power devices (so as to be able to collect data continuously and not lose temporal and spatial resolution) and have low costs (for high density deployment). A novel encoding based on Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS-FETs) is proposed to realize Analog Joint Source Channel Coding (AJSCC), a low-complexity technique to compress two (or more) signals into one with controlled distortion. The approach is verified via Spice simulations and breadboard implementation.

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