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AffiliationHamburg University of Technology
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CountryGermany
In this paper, we present a 13.56 MHz energy harvester for arterial pressure measurement implants placed at deep distances in human bodies. A 50 μm diameter thin wire is used to fabricate a 150-turns solenoid coil around a PCB stripe with a cross-sectional area of 1.35×1 mm². The solenoid has a length of 12 mm, low-frequency inductance of 4.75 μH, and series resistance of 8 Ω. With this coil and an 11-stage modified differential-drive rectifier, our harvester achieved 698 nW (–31.56 dBm) sensitivity for unloaded output voltage of 1.88 V and maximum receiver efficiency of >72% at –23.5 dBm available power using 0.0228 mm² active silicon area in 180 nm technology. A transmission distance of 21 cm was reached under compliance with the field exposure levels set by the IEEE Std. C95.1-2019.