Energy harvesting with a low-cost and high efficiency rectenna for low-power input

IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWS

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 229-231

  Assimonis, Stylianos D ^a   Bletsas, Aggelos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; rectenna; rectifier

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

INPUT POWER; LOSSY SUBSTRATE; LOW POWER; RECTENNAS; RECTIFIER; RECTIFIER CIRCUIT;

COSTS;

EID: 84904005732     PISSN: 21642958     EISSN: 21642974     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RWS.2014.6830123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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