Powering autonomous cubic-millimeter devices

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-21

  Mickle, Marlin H ^a   Mi, Minhong ^a   Mats, Leonid ^a   Capelli, Chris ^a   Swift, Harold ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna theory; Antennas; Microwave power transmission; Power transmission; RFID

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INDUCTANCE; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; MINIATURE RADIO EQUIPMENT; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ANTENNA EFFECTIVE AREA; ANTENNA THEORY; MINIATURE ANTENNAS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33746966629     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2006.1645556     Document Type: Article

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