Co-design of a CMOS rectifier and small loop antenna for highly sensitive RF energy harvesters

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 622-634

  Stoopman, Mark ^a   Keyrouz, Shady ^b   Visser, Hubregt J ^c   Philips, Kathleen ^c   Serdijn, Wouter A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenna; CMOS rectifier; co design; integration; RF energy harvester; sensitivity; WSN

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DESIGN; ENERGY HARVESTING; INTEGRATION; LOOP ANTENNAS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA VOLTAGE; CAPACITIVE LOADS; CO-DESIGNS; INSUFFICIENT POWER; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RF ENERGY HARVESTERS; SENSITIVITY; WSN;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84898602197     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2014.2302793     Document Type: Article

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