Custom IC for ultralow power RF energy scavenging

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1620-1626

  Paing, Thurein ^a   Falkenstein, Erez Avigdor ^a   Zane, Regan ^a   Popovic, Zoya ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC; resistor emulation; RF energy scavenging; ultralow power

Indexed keywords

BOOST CONVERTER; CMOS PROCESSS; DC-DC; DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; ENERGY SCAVENGER; ENERGY SCAVENGING; GATE DRIVES; INPUT POWER; LOW POWER; MAXIMUM POWER; MICROBATTERY; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POWER SOURCES; RECTENNAS; RECTIFYING ANTENNAS; RF ENERGY SCAVENGING; SCAVENGING ENERGY; SUB-THRESHOLD CURRENT; SUPPLY CURRENTS; ULTRALOW POWER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ENERGY GAP; SCAVENGING; SLOT ANTENNAS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79960901513     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2096475     Document Type: Article

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