E-WEHP: A batteryless embedded sensor-platform wirelessly powered from ambient digital-TV signals

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2491-2505

  Vyas, Rushi J ^a   Cook, Benjamin B ^a   Kawahara, Yoshihiro ^b   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenna; autonomous sensors; charge pump; digital TV; embedded microcontroller; energy harvesting; power scavenging; RF dc; ultrahigh frequency (UHF); voltage multiplier; wireless power

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SENSORS; CHARGE-PUMP; DIGITAL TV; EMBEDDED MICROCONTROLLER; RF-DC; ULTRA-HIGH-FREQUENCY; VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERS; WIRELESS POWER;

ANTENNAS; CONTROLLERS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FIRMWARE; FREQUENCY BANDS;

TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

EID: 84878799158     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2258168     Document Type: Article

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