Smart interfaces for low power energy harvesting systems

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 78-82

  Cuadras, A ^a   Ben Amor, N ^b   Kanoun, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Energy management; Energy storage; Low power converters; Solar energy; Supercapacitors

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HARVESTING; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY STORAGE; LOW POWER CONVERTERS; SUPERCAPACITORS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 51349129036     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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