180-nm CMOS wideband capacitor-free inductively coupled power receiver and charger

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2839-2849

  Lazaro, Orlando ^a   Rincon Mora, Gabriel Alfonso ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contactless charging; inductive power transmission; inductively coupling; low threshold rectifier; wireless power transfer

Indexed keywords

CONTACTLESS CHARGING; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLINGS; LOW THRESHOLDS; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER;

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84887321246     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2280053     Document Type: Article

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