RF to DC CMOS rectifier with high efficiency over a wide input power range for RFID applications

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Scorcioni, S ^a   Bertacchini, A ^a   Larcher, L ^a   Ricciardi, A ^a   Dondi, D ^a   Pavan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circuit efficiency; RF DC conversion rectifiers; RFID; Ultra low power circuit

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LOAD; CIRCUIT EFFICIENCY; CIRCUIT PROTOTYPE; CIRCUIT SOLUTION; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; INPUT POWER; OUTPUT CURRENT; OUTPUT DC VOLTAGE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; RF-DC CONVERSION; RF-POWER; RFID APPLICATIONS; ULTRA-LOW POWER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EFFICIENCY; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84866775924     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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