A high-efficiency low-voltage CMOS rectifier for harvesting energy in implantable devices

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-335

  Hashemi, S Saeid ^a   Sawan, Mohamad ^a   Savaria, Yvon ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioelectronics; bootstrapping technique; implantable devices; low voltage devices; power efficiency; rectifiers

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRONICS; BOOTSTRAPPING TECHNIQUE; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; LOW-VOLTAGE DEVICES; POWER EFFICIENCY;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MOS DEVICES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; POWER SUPPLY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84864550915     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2177267     Document Type: Article

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