Optimized design of multiband and solar rectennas

WiSNet 2014 - Proceedings: 2014 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 31-33

  Niotaki, K ^a   Kim, S ^b   Giuppi, F ^a   Collado, A ^a   Georgiadis, A ^a   Tentzeris, M M ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy harvesting; rectenna; solar

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; SENSOR NETWORKS;

DUAL BAND; MULTIBAND; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; RADIATING ELEMENTS; RECTENNAS; SOLAR;

DESIGN;

EID: 84903649438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WiSNet.2014.6825507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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