WE1.L1.2
          Ultralow Read Sensitivity RFID sensor based on Tunnel Diode Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
Yero Dia, IMS Laboratory, France; Helena Ribeiro, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Laurent Oyhenart, Elie Zaraket, Jean-Luc Lachaud, Ludivine Fadel, Valerie Vigneras, Corinne Dejous, IMS Laboratory, France; Nuno B. Carvalho, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Simon Hemour, IMS Laboratory, France
              Session:
                WE1.L1: Low-power solutions for EH and RFID applications  Oral
              Track:
                Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer
              Location:
                Room 1
              Presentation Time:
                Wed, 6 Sep, 09:50 - 10:10 Portugal Time
              Abstract
              
                Wireless, Batteryless technology holds unmatched potential for improving the efficiency of our societies, from identification & localization to sensing. The communications are typically asymmetric and involving a zero-energy transponder being activated by a remote Reader. Unfortunately, the communication distance is restrained by the minimum activation power (also named Read sensitivity) to commonly a dozen of meters. In this work, we combine a multistage charge pump rectenna with a ultra-low Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO), yielding to an unmatched power activation of -28.6 dBm (1.4µW). Under this condition, the rectifier yields in the order of 100 mV into a 100µF capacitor, which is enough to drive the VCO directly (no DC-DC involved) upon activation by a tilt switch sensor.              
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            Session WE1.L1
            WE1.L1.1: Novel Energy Harvesting and SWIPT System at 28 GHz with a Simple Phased Array
  Naoki Shinohara, Bo Yang, Wenyi Shao, Kyoto University, Japan; Kenji Itoh, Naok Sakai, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan; Naoki Hasegawa, Softbank corp., Japan
  WE1.L1.2: Ultralow Read Sensitivity RFID sensor based on Tunnel Diode Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
  Yero Dia, IMS Laboratory, France; Helena Ribeiro, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Laurent Oyhenart, Elie Zaraket, Jean-Luc Lachaud, Ludivine Fadel, Valerie Vigneras, Corinne Dejous, IMS Laboratory, France; Nuno B. Carvalho, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; Simon Hemour, IMS Laboratory, France
  WE1.L1.3: REALISTIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCY-DIVERSE ARRAYS RADIATION
  Tommaso Tiberi, Enrico Fazzini, Alessandra Costanzo, Diego Masotti, University of Bologna, Italy
  WE1.L1.4: A 2.4 GHz Modular Antenna System for Train Integrity and Localization Purposes
  Giacomo Paolini, Enrico Fazzini, Simone Trovarello, University of Bologna, Italy; Davide Amato, Sadel S.p.A., Italy; Diego Masotti, Alessandra Costanzo, University of Bologna, Italy
  WE1.L1.5: RF HARVESTING FOR SCATTERING AT 1.8 VOLT BETWEEN BATTERY-LESS TRANSPONDER AND MOBILE TELEPHONES
  Matthias Schütz, idp invent ag, Switzerland