An integrated CMOS RF energy harvester with differential microstrip antenna and on-chip charger

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 209-214

  Arrawatia, Mahima ^a   Diddi, Varish ^a   Kochar, Harsha ^a   Baghini, Maryam Shojaei ^a   Kumar, Girish ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Antenna; Battery charging; CMOS; Impedance matching; Rectifier; RF energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

CMOS; CMOS RF; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CONTROL CIRCUITRY; DC CONVERTER; DISCRETE SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INPUT POWER; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; MATCHING CIRCUIT; MATCHING TECHNIQUES; OFF-CHIP; ON CHIPS; PERIODIC STEADY STATE; POWER MATCHING; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RECEIVED POWER; RECTIFIER; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THICK-OXIDE DEVICES;

ANTENNAS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTING; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

CHARGING (BATTERIES);

EID: 84859904555     PISSN: 10639667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VLSID.2012.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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