Flexible hybrid solar/EM energy harvester for autonomous sensors

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Georgiadis, Apostolos ^a   Collado, Ana ^a   Via, Selva ^a   Meneses, Cesar ^a  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

Author keywords

energy harvesting; flexible substrate; harmonic balance; PET; rectenna; solar cell; UWB monopole

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SENSORS; COMPACT DESIGNS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; ENERGY HARVESTER; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HARMONIC BALANCE; HYBRID ENERGY; LOW COSTS; LOW POWER; MEASURED RESULTS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; RADIATING ELEMENTS; RECTENNAS; UWB ANTENNA; UWB MONOPOLE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FREQUENCY BANDS; HARVESTERS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 80052308528     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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