Rf-powered systems using steep-slope devices
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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.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.read more
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