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Researchers develop energy-harvesting RFICs for Mars

Posted: 08 Jan 2009  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: energy harvesting  technology radio  RF chip  Mars exploration 

[Summary of tips] Kansas State University is developing a single-chip microtransceiver that can be used in energy harvesting radio technology targeted for future Mars missions.The device uses a silicon-on-sapphire CMOS process from Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. that was developed with NASA funding. The low-power integrated RF functions of the CM......
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