A new family of passive wireless RF harvesters based on R-C-Quartz oscillators

European Microwave Week 2013, EuMW 2013 - Conference Proceedings; EuMC 2013: 43rd European Microwave Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 511-514

  Nimo, Antwi ^a   Grgić, Dario ^a   Ungan, Tolgay ^a   Reindl, Leonhard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

diode impedance; high RF voltage gain; quartz crystal; R C Quartz oscillator; RF energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

DIODE IMPEDANCE; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; RF ENERGY HARVESTERS; RF ENERGY HARVESTING; RF VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE AMPLIFICATION; VOLTAGE SENSITIVITY;

CAPACITORS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; ENERGY HARVESTING; MICROWAVES;

QUARTZ;

EID: 84893486232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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