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24 IEEE JOURNAL ON EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, VOL. 2, NO. 1, MARCH 2012 Design Optimization and Implementation for RF Energy Harvesting Circuits Prusayon Nintanavongsa, Student Member, IEEE, Ufuk Muncuk, David Richard Lewis, and Kaushik Roy Chowdhury, Member, IEEE Abstract—A new design for an energy harvesting device is proposed in this paper, which enables scavenging energy from radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic waves. Compared to common alternative energy sources

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9-204-066 REV: FEBRUARY 11, 2004 MALCOLM P. BAKER ALISON BERKLEY WAGONFELD Dividend Policy at Linear Technology It was April 2003 and Paul Coghlan was pulling together his notes for Linear Technology’s board meeting the following day. As chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley semiconductor company, Coghlan was responsible for making a recommendation about whether or not Linear should increase its dividend this quarter. Coghlan and Linear’s CEO Robert Swanson were pleased with the

Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues, Seventh Edition By: Ruggiero © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2008 I THE CONTEXT CHAPTER ONE THE NEED FOR ETHICS Why do we need ethics? We have laws to protect people’s rights. If the laws are enforced, what need have we of further rules? Ethics is the study of the choices people make regarding right and wrong. Each of us makes dozens of moral choices daily. Will we go to work or call in sick? Follow the research protocol or violate it? Put quotes around