Low-power far-field wireless powering for wireless sensors

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1397-1409

  Popovic, Zoya ^a   Falkenstein, Erez Avigdor ^a,b   Costinett, Daniel ^a,c   Zane, Regan ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

^c Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Power management; radio frequency (RF); rectifier; wireless powering; wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; POWER MANAGEMENT; RADIO WAVES; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

2.4-GHZ INDUSTRIAL-SCIENTIFIC-MEDICAL BANDS; EFFICIENT POWER MANAGEMENTS; LOW-POWER MICROCONTROLLERS; POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RECTIFIER; WIRELESS POWERING; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84877922867     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2244053     Document Type: Review

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