Harvesting wireless power: Survey of energy-harvester conversion efficiency in far-field, wireless power transfer systems

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 108-120

  Valenta, Christopher R ^a   Durgin, Gregory D ^b  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POWER TRANSMISSION;

ENERGY TRANSMISSION; FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT; INDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; LASER-BASED SYSTEMS; OPTICAL POWER TRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER (WPT);

LASER POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84900850955     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2014.2309499     Document Type: Article

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