A 190 nA Bias Current 10 mV Input Multistage Boost Regulator with Intermediate-Node Control to Supply RF Blocks in Self-Powered Wireless Sensors

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1322-1333

  Ahmed, Khondker Zakir ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Saibal ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias gating; Boost regulator; Cascaded converter; Efficiency optimization

Indexed keywords

BIAS CURRENTS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION;

BIAS GATING; BOOST REGULATORS; CASCADED CONVERTERS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION; FUNCTIONAL OPERATION; POWER DELIVERY SYSTEMS; REGULATION AND CONTROL;

BIAS VOLTAGE;

EID: 84944088548     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2015.2423666     Document Type: Article

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