A battery-free 217 nW static control power buck converter for wireless rf energy harvesting with α-Calibrated dynamic on/off time and adaptive phase lead control

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 852-862

  Huang, Tzu Chi ^a   Hsieh, Chun Yu ^a   Yang, Yao Yi ^a   Lee, Yu Huei ^a   Kang, Yu Chai ^a   Chen, Ke Horng ^a   Huang, Chen Chih ^b   Lin, Ying Hsi ^b   Lee, Ming Wei ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive phase lead (APL); battery free; buck converter; dynamic on off time (DOOT); energy harvesting; low power; radio frequency (RF); zero current detection (ZCD)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE PHASE; BATTERY-FREE; BUCK CONVERTERS; LOW POWER; RADIO FREQUENCIES; ZERO CURRENTS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84862808794     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2185577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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