Ultra-low-power rectification in passive RFID tags at UHF frequencies

Frequenz

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 112-115

  Seemann, Kay ^a   Weigel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Passive RFID; Rectennas; RF to DC conversion; UHF RFID; Ultra low power rectifiers

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; PASSIVE NETWORKS; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PASSIVE RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES (RFID); RADIO FREQUENCY-TO-DIRECT CURRENT CONVERSION; RECTENNAS; ULTRA-LOW POWER RECTIFIERS; ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE;

RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 21244505484     PISSN: 00161136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/FREQ.2005.59.5-6.112     Document Type: Article

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