A 868MHz CMOS RF-DC power converter with -17dBm input power sensitivity and efficiency higher than 40% over 14dB input power range

European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 109-112

  Scorcioni, S ^a   Bertacchini, A ^a   Larcher, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART WORK; CIRCUIT EFFICIENCY; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CONVERTER CIRCUITS; INPUT POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84870771105     PISSN: 19308833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2012.6341268     Document Type: Conference Paper

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