Efficiency enhanced voltage multiplier circuit for RF energy harvesting

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-102

  Chouhan, Shailesh Singh ^a   Nurmi, Marko ^a   Halonen, Kari ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

CMOS circuits; Differential drive rectifier; Power conversion efficiency; RF energy harvesting; RF to DC converter; Voltage multiplier

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

CMOS CIRCUITS; DC CONVERTER; DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RF ENERGY HARVESTING; VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84952333759     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2015.11.012     Document Type: Article

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