Optimum behavior: Wireless power transmission system design through behavioral models and efficient synthesis techniques

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 26-35

  Boaventura, Alírio ^a   Collado, Ana ^b   Carvalho, Nuno Borges ^a   Georgiadis, Apostolos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL MODEL; EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS; ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEMS; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); SMART ENVIRONMENT; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER; WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADIATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 84874953399     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2012.2234631     Document Type: Article

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