Fully-automated and portable design methodology for optimal sizing of energy-efficient CMOS voltage rectifiers

IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-149

  Gosset, Geoffroy ^a   Flandre, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AC DC converter; design methodology; energy scavenging; radio frequency identification (RFID); Rectifier; sensor network; voltage multiplier

Indexed keywords

AC-DC CONVERTERS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ENERGY SCAVENGING; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RECTIFIER; VOLTAGE MULTIPLIER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSOR NETWORKS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 80052060847     PISSN: 21563357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JETCAS.2011.2158357     Document Type: Article

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