A RF to DC voltage conversion model for multi-stage rectifiers in UHF RFID transponders

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-370

  Barnett, Raymond E ^a,b   Liu, Jin ^b   Lazar, Steve ^a  

^a TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIODES; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TRANSPONDERS;

CLOSED-FORM EQUATIONS; CMOS PROCESS; CONVERSION MODELS; DC LOADS; DC VOLTAGES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DOUBLERS; FORWARD VOLTAGE DROPS; FREQUENCY OF OPERATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY IMPEDANCES; IMPEDANCE-MATCHING; INPUT RESISTANCES; MULTI STAGES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PARASITIC RESISTIVE; PRINTED ANTENNAS; RADIATION RESISTANCES; RF-POWER; SCHOTTKY DIODES; UHF RFID;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 59349104500     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2010991     Document Type: Article

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