Prototype silicon micropower supply for sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-222

  Singh, Pritpal ^a,d   Kaneria, Sanjay ^a,e   Anugonda, Vinay Sagar ^a,f   Chen, Huiming M ^b   Wang, Xiquan Q ^b   Reisner, David E ^b,g   LaFollette, Rodney M ^c  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

^b US Nanocorp Inc   (United States)

^c Bipolar Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Battery Intelligence Inc   (United States)

^f Integrated Software Solutions ^*

^g Inframat Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous micropower supply for sensors; Charge controller; Energy harvesting; Fuzzy logic controller; Micro PV array; Microbatteries; Micropower supply; Nickel zinc (Ni Zn) microbattery; Photovoltaics; Point contact solar cell; Silicon micropower supply

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS MICROPOWER SUPPLY FOR SENSORS; CHARGE CONTROLLER; ENERGY HARVESTING; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLER; MICROPOWER SUPPLY;

AUTOMATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; FUZZY SETS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

SENSORS;

EID: 31144438168     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.860363     Document Type: Article

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