Novel RFID Technologies: Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Autonomous RFID Systems

RFID Systems: Research Trends and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 473-495

  Bridelall, Raj ^a   Hande, Abhiman ^b  

^a Axcess International Inc   (United States)

^b Texas Micropower Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Active RFID; Electromagnetic; Energy Harvesting; MEMS; Micro Wireless; Piezoelectric; Power Management; Remote Sensors; Solar; Thermoelectric; Vibration; Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885463997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470665251.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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