Ambient rf energy harvesting sensor device with capacitor-leakage-aware duty cycle control

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2973-2983

  Shigeta, Ryo ^a   Sasaki, Tatsuya ^a   Quan, Duong Minh ^a   Kawahara, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Vyas, Rushi J ^b   Tentzeris, Manos M ^b   Asami, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient RF energy harvesting; capacitor; digital TV; duty cycle control; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CHARGE AND DISCHARGE; DIGITAL TV; DUTY CYCLE CONTROL; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE REDUCTION; OPERATION RELIABILITY; RF ENERGY HARVESTING; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

CAPACITORS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84880683308     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2264931     Document Type: Article

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