According to a first aspect of the present disclosed subject matter, a configurable harvester energized by radio-frequency (RF) inputs and stores direct current (DC) in an accumulator, the harvester comprises: a plurality of gangs each comprising at least one rectifier powered by RF input; and at…
A multi-band energy harvesting system is provided. The system includes a plurality of harvesting antennas, wherein each of the plurality of harvesting antennas, operates a specific frequency band; and a plurality of harvesting units, wherein each of the plurality of harvesting units is coupled to a…
A battery-less Interest of things (IoT) tag integrated with a proximity sensor is disclosed. The battery-less IoT tag includes: a transmit antenna designed to have an inductive element; an integrated circuit having a capacitive element; and an energy harvester coupled to a capacitor, wherein the…
A power management circuit is provided. The power management circuit includes a plurality of detectors, wherein each of the plurality of detectors are configured with a different reference threshold voltage level; and a controller coupled to the plurality of detectors and configured to activate a…
According to the disclosed embodiments, an on-die capacitor utilized in energy-harvest based circuits is provided. In the disclosed design, the harvester is coupled to the on-die capacitor, thus there is no need to provide power interfaces and semi-conductor devices external to the IC. The…