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Probabilistic modeling of harvested GSM energy and its application in extending UHF RFID tags reading range

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Pages 473-484 | Received 10 Oct 2012, Accepted 09 Nov 2012, Published online: 03 Jan 2013

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Figure 1 Improved tag scheme.

Figure 1 Improved tag scheme.

Figure 2 (a) Signal strength of GSM channel when mobile phone signalization is active 1 m away from measuring antenna and (b) Decreasing signal strength from mobile phone in the moments of ringing.

Figure 2 (a) Signal strength of GSM channel when mobile phone signalization is active 1 m away from measuring antenna and (b) Decreasing signal strength from mobile phone in the moments of ringing.

Figure 3 GSM downlink power distribution with log-normal fit.

Figure 3 GSM downlink power distribution with log-normal fit.

Figure 4 GSM uplink power distribution.

Figure 4 GSM uplink power distribution.

Figure 5 GSM uplink, downlink, and total power distributions.

Figure 5 GSM uplink, downlink, and total power distributions.

Figure 6 Probability of achieving at least power.

Figure 6 Probability of achieving at least power.

Figure 7 Improved range reading with additional harvested energy.

Figure 7 Improved range reading with additional harvested energy.

Figure 8 Typical three stage cascaded Villard doubler circuit.

Figure 8 Typical three stage cascaded Villard doubler circuit.

Table 1. Output voltage and power levels of GSM harvester with 10 kΩ load.

Figure 9 GSM energy powered PowerG tag.

Figure 9 GSM energy powered PowerG tag.