Human body energy harvesting thermogenerator for sensing applications

2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2007, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 366-372

  Mateu, Loreto ^a   Codrea, Cosmin ^b   Lucas, Néstor ^b   Pollak, Markus ^b   Spies, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY HARVESTING; HEAT SOURCING; HUMAN BODIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOW TEMPERATURE (LTR); LOW-VOLTAGE (LV); POWER MANAGEMENT (PM); POWER SOURCING; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; WIRELESS (WIFI) COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS SENSING;

HARVESTING;

EID: 46449123703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.4394949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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