Harvesting energy from ambient radio signals: A load of hot air?

LAPC 2012 - 2012 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Allen, Ben ^a   Ajmal, Tahmina ^a   Dyo, Vladimir ^a   Jazani, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antennas; energy harvesting; ferrite loop antenna; radio frequency; smart grid; smart meters; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS NEEDS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; HOT AIR; INNOVATION POTENTIAL; NEW APPLICATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO SIGNALS; SMART GRID; SMART METERS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

ENERGY HARVESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SMART POWER GRIDS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84873470138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LAPC.2012.6402944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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