DocumentCode
131217
Title
Rf-powered systems using steep-slope devices
Author
Xueqing Li ; Heo, Unsuk Dennis ; Kaisheng Ma ; Narayanan, Vijaykrishnan ; Huichu Liu ; Datta, Soupayan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Penn State Univ., State College, PA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
22-25 June 2014
Firstpage
73
Lastpage
76
Abstract
Steep-slope tunnel devices promise new opportunities in ultra-low-power computing. This paper focuses on how steep-slope devices can enhance efficiencies of harvesting ambient RF energy and improve power efficiency of analog and digital computational blocks.
Keywords
energy harvesting; field effect transistors; tunnel transistors; RF powered system; analog computational block; digital computational block; harvesting ambient RF energy; steep-slope tunnel field-effect transistor device; ultralow-power computing; CMOS integrated circuits; FinFETs; Radio frequency; Sensors; Silicon; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), 2014 IEEE 12th International
Conference_Location
Trois-Rivieres, QC
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEWCAS.2014.6933988
Filename
6933988
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