RF Energy Harvesting for Embedded Systems: A Survey of Tradeoffs and Methodology

IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-57

  Soyata, Tolga ^a   Copeland, Lucian ^a   Heinzelman, Wendi ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

COMPUTING SYSTEM; POWER HARVESTING; PRIMARY POWER SOURCES; PROCESS ALTERATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF ENERGY HARVESTING; SIGNAL RECEPTION; SYSTEM COMBINATION;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84962664248     PISSN: 1531636X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCAS.2015.2510198     Document Type: Review

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