Wide-Input-Range Power Conversion for RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer

This thesis presents the design and measurement of an RF energy harvesting and power management unit that operates across a wide range of available input power. The system comprises an adaptive impedance matching network, a single-stage cross-coupled differential-drive rectifier, a start-up charge pump, an adaptive buck-boost converter, a...

Ambient-Energy Powered Multi-Hop Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the disruptive technologies in today’s connected world. The idea is to connect every thing to the Internet. IoT holds the key to many current and future technologies that will significantly influence the quality and sustainability of life. The vision of IoT is to enable large scalemonitoring and/or control...

Radio frequency energy harvesting and low power data transmission for autonomous wireless sensor nodes

Since the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to be the new technology to drive the semiconductor industry, significant research efforts have been made to develop new circuit and system techniques for autonomous/very low-power operation of wireless sensor nodes. Very low-power consumption of sensors is key to increase battery lifetime or allow...

Smart Systems Integration for Autonomous Wireless Communications

Integration of sensors and wireless transceivers for system networking aims at emerging applications that are highly integrated, self-powered, and low cost, relying on efficient power management schemes to prolong lifetime, thus eliminating the need for batteries as a limited primary source of energy. These applications include: health...