Alternative approach to design matching network for differential drive rectifier used in RF energy harvesting

Shailesh Singh Chouhan; Kari Halonen

doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2016.10.008

Alternative approach to design matching network for differential drive rectifier used in RF energy harvesting

Shailesh Singh Chouhan^*, Kari Halonen

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In this work, a measurement-based technique to determine LC-matching network for RF-to-DC converter is proposed. It is shown that the differential drive rectifier can be configured as the differential CMOS LC-oscillator by swapping input and output terminals. Thus, this oscillator can then be used to find the inductor (L) and capacitor (C) component values for the rectifier matching network at the intended frequency, which is the oscillation frequency of the oscillator. Measured results show that the absolute frequency error between resonant frequency obtained from oscillator mode and matching frequency obtained as rectifier is less than 2%. The switching core used in this work has been implemented in a standard 0.18 mu m CMOS technology and external discrete passive components are used to form the LC network.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-43
Number of pages	5
Journal	Microelectronics Journal
Volume	58
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2016.10.008
Publication status	Published - Dec 2016
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

RF energy harvesting
Differential drive rectifier
Matching network
RF-to-DC converter
Oscillator
WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
CMOS RECTIFIER
UHF RFIDS
TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEMS

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Alternative approach to design matching network for differential drive rectifier used in RF energy harvesting

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