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Low-Power Symmetrical Rectifier for Passive UHF RFID Transponder

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Rectifier design is one of the challenging issues in passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems. Differential structures are good candidates as rectifiers to their high conversion efficiencies. In this paper, a novel structure is proposed to produce symmetrical power-supply utilizing differential circuit configuration simulated in 130nm CMOS technology. The proposed rectifier can provide 1.34 V DC power with 382% voltage conversion efficiency, thus demonstrated its higher performance over existing designs.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Amin Khalili Moghaddam

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Moghaddam, A.K., Ghanbarisabagh, M. Low-Power Symmetrical Rectifier for Passive UHF RFID Transponder. Wireless Pers Commun 79, 185–196 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-014-1847-3

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