Multiband ambient RF energy harvesting circuit design for enabling batteryless sensors and IoT

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 2700-2714

  Muncuk, Ufuk ^a   Alemdar, Kubra ^a   Sarode, Jayesh D ^a   Chowdhury, Kaushik Roy ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL RADIO; DIGITAL TELEVISION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTING; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); INTERNET OF THINGS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SENSORS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CIRCUIT SYNTHESIS; DIGITAL TV; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF ENERGY HARVESTING; SCHOTTKY DIODES; VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 85043359863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2018.2813162     Document Type: Article

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