Sensitive and Efficient RF Harvesting Supply for Batteryless Backscatter Sensor Networks

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1327-1338

  Assimonis, Stylianos D ^a,b   Daskalakis, Spyridon Nektarios ^a   Bletsas, Aggelos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; rectennas; Rectifiers

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ENERGY HARVESTING; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); RECTENNAS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

BOOST CONVERTER; HARVESTING SYSTEM; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IMPEDANCE MATCHING NETWORK; RADIO-FREQUENCY ENERGY HARVESTING; RECTIFICATION EFFICIENCY; SERIES CIRCUITS; SERIES CONFIGURATION;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84984972854     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2016.2533619     Document Type: Article

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