Active high power conversion efficiency rectifier with built-in dual-mode back telemetry in standard CMOS technology

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-192

  Bawa, Gaurav ^a   Ghovanloo, Maysam ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back telemetry; CMOS; Full wave rectifier; Implantable microelectronic devices; Inductive link; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Wireless

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DC GENERATORS; RADIO; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO WAVES; SILICON; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

BACK TELEMETRY; CMOS; FULL-WAVE RECTIFIER; IMPLANTABLE MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES; INDUCTIVE LINK; WIRELESS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 56349085525     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2008.924444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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