Micropower energy harvesting

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 684-693

  Vullers, R J M ^a   van Schaijk, R ^a   Doms, I ^b   Van Hoof, C ^a,b   Mertens, R ^b  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Micromachining; Micropower; Power management

Indexed keywords

DC-DC CONVERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY HARVESTING; MICROPOWER; POWER MANAGEMENT; POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITS; POWER OUT PUT;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON OPTICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MICROMACHINING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 67349277742     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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