Self-powered ultra-low power DC-DC converter for RF energy harvesting

2012 IEEE Faible Tension Faible Consommation, FTFC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Adami, Salah Eddine ^a   Marian, Vlad ^a   Degrenne, Nicolas ^a   Vollaire, Christian ^a   Allard, Bruno ^a   Costa, François ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

low voltage; rectenna; RF energy harvesting; self oscillating DC DC converter; ultra low power

Indexed keywords

HIGH OUTPUT VOLTAGE; INPUT POWER; LOW POWER; LOW VOLTAGES; OSCILLATOR STRUCTURES; RECTENNAS; RECTIFYING ANTENNAS; SELF-OSCILLATING; SELF-POWERED; SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATIONS; ULTRA-LOW POWER;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; SLOT ANTENNAS;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84864862906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FTFC.2012.6231746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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