This paper considers three pairs of circuit schemes for RF rectification. Given finite available power from RF source and load resistance, we formulate DC output power and efficiency of each scheme. Resultant formulas find that load-to-source resistance ratio R/r dominates the circuit performance. Maximum efficiency reaches 81.1% at R/r = 1 for single-diode half wave rectifiers. It also reaches...

Objective. Impedance measurement of cardiac output has struggled to become established partly because there have been only a few attempts to establish a sound theoretical basis for this measurement. Our objective is to demonstrate that there is valuable aortic flow information available from an intrathoracic impedance signal which may eventually be useful in the measurement of cardiac output by...

1 . Average power Let us consider the transmission of energy from a source to a load, through a given surface as in Fig. 1. In the network of Fig. 1, the voltage waveform v(t) (not necessarily sinusoidal) is given by the source, and the current waveform is determined by the response of the load. In the more general case in which the source output impedance is significant, then v(t) and i(t) bot...

A new precision full-wave rectifier employing only two differential difference current conveyors, which is very suitable for CMOS technology implementation, is presented. The proposed rectifier is the voltage-mode circuit, which offers high-input and low-output impedance hence it can be directly connected to load without using any buffer circuits. PSPICE is used to verify the circuit performanc...

Coping with lossy distribution lines has been an obstacle in control and stability of power networks. Often, imposing an inductive output impedance to the sources has been considered as a means to justify the commonly adopted assumption of purely inductive lines, which in turn facilitates the construction of energy-based Lyapunov functions. In this paper, we propose a measure to evaluate the in...

A new circuit topology realizing a first-order currentmode all-pass filter is proposed using two dual-output second generation current conveyor and two passive components. The circuit possesses low-input and high-output impedance, which makes it ideal for current-mode systems. The proposed circuit is verified through PSPICE simulation results. Keywords—active filter, all-pass filter, current-mo...

model, it is possible to change one element (&) and then to compensate others to reestablish a good fit. However, the fact that an improved fit is achieved when the first slice is allowed to differ suggests that there are significant differences in the field structure in the gate feed region. In particular, the source resistance is large in the first slice and negligible in the remainder. This ...

FEATURES Pretrimmed for Type J (AD594) or Type K (AD595) Thermocouples Can Be Used with Type T Thermocouple Inputs Low Impedance Voltage Output: 10 mV/8C Built-In Ice Point Compensation Wide Power Supply Range: +5 V to 615 V Low Power: <1 mW typical Thermocouple Failure Alarm Laser Wafer Trimmed to 18C Calibration Accuracy Setpoint Mode Operation Self-Contained Celsius Thermometer Operation Hig...

A LECCS-I/O model of a multi-bit drive IC was devised for reducing electromagnetic interference. An equivalent power circuit model of the IC (74LVC04) was derived from measured power impedances by measuring four test boards. Each board consisted of a single layer, a powerimpedance measurement port, and two output ports from the six IC drivers. The power impedance was measured for various combin...