Technology Enabling Circuits and Systems for the Internet-of-Things: An Overview

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) network is being vigorously pushed forward from many fronts in diverse research communities. Many problems are still there to be solved, and challenges are found among its many levels of abstraction. In this paper we give an overview of recent developments in circuit design for ultra-low power transceivers and energy harvesting management units for the IoT. The study shows how this research is contributing to enable new IoT applications, by reducing active power consumption and optimizing the extraction of energy from the ambient.