| ADC | Analog-to-Digital Converter |
| ASK | Amplitude-Shift Keying |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
| DAC | Digital-to-Analog Converter |
| DBB | Digital Baseband |
| DC | Direct Current |
| FoMARE | Figure of Merit (Area) |
| FoMLAT | Figure of Merit (Latency) |
| FSK | Frequency-Shift Keying |
| HBC | Human-Body Communications |
| IF | Intermediate Frequency |
| IoE | Internet of Everything |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| ISM | Industrial, Scientific, and Medical |
| LNA | Low-Noise Amplifier |
| LO | Local Oscillator |
| MAC | Medium-Access Control |
| MCU | Microcontroller Unit |
| MOSFET | Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor |
| NF | Noise Figure |
| OOK | On–Off Keying |
| PLL | Phase-Locked Loop |
| PSK | Phase-Shift Keying |
| PWM | Pulse-Width Modulation |
| RF | Radiofrequency |
| RFED | Radiofrequency-Envelope Detection |
| SH | Superheterodyne |
| S/H | Sample-and-Hold |
| SoC | System-on-Chip |
| SRO | Super-regenerative Oscillator |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| T/R | Transmitter/Receiver |
| TRF | Tuned-RF |
| VCO | Voltage-Controlled Oscillator |
| VGA | Variable-Gain Amplifier |
| WuR | Wake-up Receiver |
| WSN | Wireless Sensor Network |