Analysis and design strategy of UHF micro-power CMOS rectifiers for micro-sensor and RFID applications

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-166

  Yi, Jun ^a   Ki, Wing Hung ^a   Tsui, Chi Ying ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conduction angle; Efficiency; Leakage current; Micro sensor; Optimization; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Rectifier

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MICROSENSORS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSISTORS;

CONDUCTION ANGLE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; SUPERPOSITION METHOD; ULTRAHIGH-FREQUENCY MICRO-POWER RECTIFIER;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 33847685791     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.887974     Document Type: Article

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