Lifetime extension of semi-passive UHF RFID tags using special power management techniques and energy harvesting devices

IEEE AFRICON Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Janek, Alex ^a   Steger, Christian ^a   Weiss, Reinhold ^a   Preishuber Pfluegl, Josef ^b   Pistauer, Markus ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b CISC Semiconductor Design+Consulting GmBH ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MECHANISMS; RADIO NAVIGATION;

AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICES; ENERGY RESERVOIRS; FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS; KEY PARAMETERS; LIFETIME EXTENSION; OPERATING RANGES; PASSIVE TAGS; POWER MANAGEMENT; POWER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; POWER SAVINGS; RFID SYSTEMS; UHF RFID;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 48649089625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AFRCON.2007.4401577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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