Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24138/jcomss.v13i2.377
An IC architecture for RF Energy Harvesting systems
Leonardo Pantoli
; epartment of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, 67100 Italy
Alfiero Leoni
; epartment of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, 67100 Italy
Vincenzo Stornelli
; epartment of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, 67100 Italy
Giuseppe Ferri
; epartment of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, 67100 Italy
Abstract
In this work we present an IC architecture for RF energy harvesting. The system has been designed with a 0.18μm CMOS SMIC technology and optimized at 900MHz. Simulation results have confirmed that the integrated system handles an incoming power typically ranging from -25 dBm to 20 dBm by rectifying the variable input signals into a DC voltage source with an overall efficiency up to 50%. The chip area estimation for the proposed system is as low as 3x3mm2.
Keywords
Energy harvesting; integrated circuits; autonomous devices; RF signals; low-power
Hrčak ID:
182540
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Publication date:
1.6.2017.
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